Authors Posts Widget
by Fahad Mahmood · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 45 other plugins · 27.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Show posts grouped by author in a clean, collapsible, accessible list. Works as a block, a widget and a shortcode.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈88 estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “posts by author” and “shortcode” for “author bio” and “author widget”. “posts by author” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author bio” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author widget” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 9.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 1 release 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 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| authors your tag | #14 | #23 | 0 |
| author posts your tag | #18 | #24 | — |
| author bio | #18 | #19 | up 1 |
| author widget | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| author bio widget | #14 | #20 | — |
| posts by author your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “posts by author” and “shortcode” for “author bio” and “author widget”. “posts by author” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author bio” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “author widget” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “authors”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 231 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v2.0.0 · 29 Oct 2026
17
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 5 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anduril30196.9y ago
Exactly what I was looking for! Simple, clean, easy, and complete.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fahad Mahmood12.9y ago
Clean code, quick support, free and well managed. Please share your reviews.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Authors posts widget with blogger style."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,156 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "all posts widget", "posts by authors" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 90+ → 80+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 90+ → 100+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 100+ → 90+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-05-13 90+ → 100+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 100+ → 90+ down after 31 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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Shortcode Widget 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - A Automatic Copyright Year 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Spreaker Shortcode 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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