Author Page Views
by derickschaefer · Analytics
Author Pageviews is a plugin designed to help CPM monetized content publishers track their individual authors page vies and compensate them.
41 health vs 65 average across 479 Analytics 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 5296 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
24
now · peak 72
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 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-02-15 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-02-05 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-02-02 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-01 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-31 20+ → 10+ down after 40 days in band
- 2023-12-22 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-21 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-20 10+ → 20+ up 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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Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - N NewStatPress 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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Better Google Analytics 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Light Views Counter – Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/author-page-views" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Author Page Views — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Author Page Views: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/author-page-views