Author Profile Blocks vs Simple Author Box

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health B80

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Simple Author Box moved up one install band, 80K+ to 90K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Author Profile Blocks	Simple Author Box
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	+13% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	115 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	96	15.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	4.9% ✓
Category	Blocks	Login & Users

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Author Profile BlocksSimple Author Box

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.