Author Bio Widget
by ray.viljoen · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 330+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple sidebar widget to display page or post author's bio and link through to other content from the author.
41 health vs 59 average across 1,443 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 5605 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
82
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
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.
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-18 · 1,386 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
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
- 2026-05-07 50+ → 40+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 50+ → 40+ down after 85 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 60+ → 50+ down after 117 days in tier
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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Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 40K+ 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 C -
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 B
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