Author Signature
by Zakir Sajib · Uncategorized
This plugin appends the author's signature to blog posts or/and pages.
51 health vs 56 average across 12,630 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 823 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 169
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 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-21 20+ → 10+ down after 321 days in tier
- 2024-12-04 10+ → 20+ up after 612 days in tier
- 2023-04-02 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-03-26 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2023-03-04 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP Post Signature 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- D DT Author Box 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- A AB Post Signature 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Edit Author Slug 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B - W WP Meta and Date Remover 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/author-signature" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Author Signature — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Author Signature: 10+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/author-signature