Author Bio Widget
by ray.viljoen · Login & Users
A simple sidebar widget to display page or post author's bio and link through to other content from the author.
41 health vs 60 average across 925 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4, 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 5560 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 180
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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 50+ → 40+ down after 58 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-08 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-06 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-04 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-28 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-27 50+ → 40+ down after 85 days in band
- 2025-12-04 60+ → 50+ down after 117 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Custom Author URL 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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