Meks Smart Author Widget vs WP User Avatars

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

Meks Smart Author Widget

by Meks

Health D54

WP User Avatars

by John James Jacoby

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Meks Smart Author Widget WP User Avatars

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Meks Smart Author Widget	WP User Avatars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 54	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	23/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	8	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	58/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.1y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	803	1.6K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Media

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

Release activity

Meks Smart Author Widget WP User Avatars

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.