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Smart Author Box vs Simple Author Box

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

Simple Author Box is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 52 for Smart Author Box, 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	Smart Author Box	Simple Author Box
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-44%	+13% ✓
Overall health	D · 52	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	23/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	1	115 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.1y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	116	15.3K ✓
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.	+7%	+1%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	4.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	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.