Author Bio Plus
by Teja Amilineni · Uncategorized
Author Bio Plus displays author information in a box at the end of the post.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,111 Uncategorized 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4519 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
50
now · peak 160
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 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
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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 -
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 - A Author Bio Widget 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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