Author Website Templates – Create Writer, Author & Publisher Websites Easily
by RS WP THEMES · Page Builders
Also makes 5 other plugins · 3.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Effortlessly design stunning websites for authors, writers, publishers, and bloggers with Elementor using Author Website Templates.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
500+
≈560 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “elementor templates for authors” for “author website”. “elementor templates for authors” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author website” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.8%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Page Builders plugin keeps 2.4%, across 1,265 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Page Builders plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 19 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 40 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| novelist website templates your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| writers website templates your tag | #3 | #17 | up 1 |
| publisher website templates your tag | #4 | #19 | down 1 |
| author website templates your tag | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| author website | #13 | #23 | — |
| website templates | #20 | #24 | up 3 |
| top author | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| elementor templates for authors your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 14 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
- Swap “elementor templates for authors” for “author website”. “elementor templates for authors” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author website” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 9 Feb 2025 · 630 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.2.7 · 21 Sep 2026
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Feb 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
4 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,362 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Elementor Templates for Authors", "Novelist Website Templates", "Publisher Website Templates", "Writers Website Templates" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-31 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 500+ → 400+ down after 125 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 400+ → 500+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 300+ → 400+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 200+ → 300+ up after 49 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 100+ → 200+ up after 40 days in tier
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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Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ installs · 4.9★ A -
Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ installs · 4.9★ A -
ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ installs · 4.9★ A -
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ installs · 4.8★ A
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