Author Post Ratings
by Philip Newcomer · Uncategorized
Allows a post author to assign a simple 1-5 star rating to a post, page, or custom post type, which will then be displayed on the post.
48 health vs 56 average across 11,763 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4600 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
28
now · peak 139
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-19 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-18 100+ → 200+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2024-10-12 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-11 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-08 200+ → 100+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2024-01-03 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-01 300+ → 200+ down after 116 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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VK Post Author Display 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Author, Date and Meta Remover 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Custom Post Type Maker 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
W4 Post List 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Autoremove Attachments 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Revision Control 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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