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MM Author Box

by Mehraz Morshed · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 11.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Display a box About Post Author with author name, avatar and description after each blog post.

⚠ Few reviews
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79 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 62/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

4.0K

Total downloads

since 2024

3.49★

Rating (adjusted)

1.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+65%

214

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-01-23 · 951 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+65% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

214

now · peak 346

21430d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

MM Author Box · #21588 you Smart Author Box · #19403 Simple Author Box · #494 Molongui Authorship · #1724

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

5.3Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v1.4

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 8mo ago1.3 · 1.4y ago1.2.6 · 1.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2024-01-22 · 909 observations

40Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
0 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.5
Last updated
12d ago
Added
2024-01-22 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.2
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 2 reviews to 2024-11-12
Negative PerformanceOnboarding

Both recent reviewers are unhappy, one says it didn't work well and the other objected to being pushed here by a nag notice in another plugin.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ dtparkers
    1.8y ago

    Found this plugin through a nag message from another plugin by the same developer. Very annoying.

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  2. ★★★★★ datto510
    1.8y ago

    I found this plugin not works very well unfortunately

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-20 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-04 40+ → 50+ up after 54 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-09 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-04 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-03 50+ → 40+ down after 91 days in tier
  8. 2025-10-04 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier

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