VK Post Author Display vs WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

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

VK Post Author Display

by Hidekazu Ishikawa

Health A85

WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

by Johnnie

Health D40

Active-install trajectory

VK Post Author Display WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

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	VK Post Author Display	WP Author, Date and Meta Remover
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	D · 40
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	61/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★ ✓	3.45★
Reviews	8	25 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	48/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5d ago ✓	5.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	7.0K ✓	392
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

VK Post Author Display WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

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.