About the Author Advanced
by Dan · Admin & Utilities
This plugin creates a sidebar widget which displays the post/page author's information.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,494 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5054 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
60
now · peak 91
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 50+ → 40+ down after 193 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 60+ → 50+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 70+ → 60+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2025-09-18 60+ → 70+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2025-07-14 70+ → 60+ down after 226 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 80+ → 70+ down after 163 days in tier
- 2024-06-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-19 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Author Box WP Lens 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Author Bio 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
About Author 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Author Spotlight (Widget) 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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