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Simply Change Author URL vs Edit Author Slug

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

Edit Author Slug is the safest pick: health C · 68 against 45 for Simply Change Author URL, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Simply Change Author URL moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Simply Change Author URL	Edit Author Slug
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	C · 68 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	43/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	84 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.3y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	76	12.4K ✓
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.	+23%	+13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9%	6.3% ✓
Category	Security	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Simply Change Author URLEdit Author Slug

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.