ThemeRuby Multi Authors vs Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in

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

ThemeRuby Multi Authors

by ThemeRuby

Health B80

Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in

by PublishPress

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

ThemeRuby Multi Authors Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in

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	ThemeRuby Multi Authors	Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+900% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 80	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.82★ ✓
Reviews	0	114 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	920	5.5K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

ThemeRuby Multi Authors Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in

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.