Author Archives
by shwetuk · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Displays author specific archives widget on author's single post page.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,750 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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
Most to gain: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3445 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 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24
now · peak 24
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
- D Disable Author Archives 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Smart User Slug Hider 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/author-archives" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Author Archives — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Author Archives: no active install count reported, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-24. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/author-archives