Author Image(s)
by Scott Reilly · Admin & Utilities
Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,969 Admin & Utilities 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5308 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
42
now · peak 120
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 “60+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-08 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-02 70+ → 60+ down after 162 days in tier
- 2025-09-21 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-10 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-08 80+ → 70+ down after 137 days in tier
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 -
Author Avatars List/Block 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Leira Letter Avatar 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image Widget 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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