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Author Box Reloaded Pack

by Lopo Lencastre de Almeida · Login & Users

Adds the Author Box Reloaded External Contact plugins. REQUIRES Author Box Reloaded 2.0.3 or greater.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 63 average across 604 Login & Users plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 3.9.40, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4433 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-36% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

21

now · peak 63

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

Author Box Reloaded · #38176 Meks Smart Author Wi · #1659 Smart User Slug Hide · #4126 Change Author · #5755

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 estimate
10–20 ≈16

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations

Details

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
12.1y ago
Added
2010-04-28 · 16 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.8.0
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

No band crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Author Box Reloaded Pack: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/author-box-reloaded-pack