Author Bio On Hover – Author Box
by Pluginic · Social
Also makes 6 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Modern author hover box with Authority Score, activity heatmap & reading tracker. Boost E-E-A-T and reader engagement.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈47 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “reading tracker”, “bio” and “e e a t” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #16 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
79 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 146 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| author on hover your tag | #2 | #20 | 0 |
| author bio your tag | #11 | #21 | 0 |
| reading tracker | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| smart author bio | #5 | #18 | 0 |
| bio | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| author box your tag | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| smart author box | #8 | #20 | up 1 |
| e e a t | #23 | #24 | — |
| hover box | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| wordpress author bio | #13 | #23 | 0 |
| bio box | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| responsive author box | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| author bio widget | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| author meta box | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| author bio elementor | #23 | #24 | — |
| author social icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
30 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “reading tracker”, “bio” and “e e a t” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #16 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “author bio”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 142 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Modern author hover box with Authority Score, activity heatmap & reading tracker. Boost E-E-A-T and reader..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, Beaver Builder and 6 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,945 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "author on hover", "author social icons" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Author Box WP Lens 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Smart Author Box Widget 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Magic Author Box — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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