MM Author Box
by Mehraz Morshed · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 11K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a box About Post Author with author name, avatar and description after each blog post.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈39 estimated
Momentum
+61%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “smart author box”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
79 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 4.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2024-11-12Both 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 13 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
1.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| smart author box your tag | #12 | #24 | down 1 |
| about author box your tag | #24 | #24 | — |
| author box your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| author meta box your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| simple author box your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “smart author box”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “author box”, “author meta box” and “simple author box” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 23 Jan 2024 · 1,013 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 346 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
13d ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 18 Oct 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 22 Jan 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dtparkers2.0y ago
Found this plugin through a nag message from another plugin by the same developer. Very annoying.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ datto5102.0y ago
I found this plugin not works very well unfortunately
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a box About Post Author with author name, avatar and description after each blog post."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 207 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("about-author-box", "author box", "author-meta-box", "simple author box", "smart author box" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 40+ → 30+ down after 168 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 40+ → 50+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2026-01-04 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-03 50+ → 40+ down after 91 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- S Smart Author Box 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Authorsy – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Post Rating 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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