Author Bio Shortcode
by Philip John · Login & Users
Also makes 3 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides the [author_bio] shortcode for embedding the bio of an author anywhere in the post/page content.
45 health vs 59 average across 1,444 Login & Users 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4380 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
69
now · peak 80
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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.0y ago
latest release · v2.5.3
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-24 · 1,383 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Frederic Legrand13.0y ago
was just looking for that one
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 726559713.6y ago
A very handy and useful plugin, although i’ve not installed it myself i’ve take the code and tweaked the output to show the authors social media links at the end of the post, taking information from the authors user profile. well recommended regardless.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- Medium · 6.4 Author Bio Shortcode <= 2.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31731 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.3 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 100+ → 90+ down after 1359 days in tier
- 2022-10-20 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-19 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2022-10-11 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-10 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-08 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2022-10-05 100+ → 200+ up
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).
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Simple Author Bio 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D - S Short Bio Widget 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Individual Multisite Author 30+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - R Remove Profile Bio 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Author Bio Box 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- V Visual User Description Editor 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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