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Short Bio Widget vs Meks Smart Author Widget

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

Meks Smart Author Widget is the safest pick: health D · 53 against 45 for Short Bio Widget, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Short Bio Widget	Meks Smart Author Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-40%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	20/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	60/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.6y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	63	1.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-4%	+36%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	2.3% ✓
Category	Forms	Login & Users

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

Release activity

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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.