Simple Author Box
by Eugen Paun · Uncategorized
Adds a simple author box below the articles on single page.
41 health vs 58 average across 8,087 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5803 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
46
now · peak 130
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-19 20+ → 10+ down after 73 days in band
- 2025-03-07 10+ → 20+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-02-15 20+ → 10+ down after 823 days in band
- 2022-11-15 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2022-11-09 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2022-11-07 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2022-11-06 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2022-11-05 30+ → 20+ down after 2 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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Book Author Bio 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Edit Author Slug 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B - W WP Meta and Date Remover 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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