Authorsy – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Post Rating
by Apselo · Login & Users
Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Authorsy is a powerful WordPress author box plugin. Add customizable author profiles, multiple authors, guest authors, bios, social links, and post ra …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “author profile” for “multi author”. “author profile” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “multi author” sits at #16 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 →5.0%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 19.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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 2 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 123 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| multiple authors your tag | #10 | #23 | down 1 |
| guest authors your tag | #10 | #22 | down 1 |
| guest author | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| author box your tag | #20 | #22 | 0 |
| author bio your tag | #21 | #23 | down 2 |
| multi author | #16 | #24 | up 1 |
| wordpress author bio | #22 | #22 | — |
| bio box | #23 | #23 | — |
| post guest | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| author profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 10 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 “author profile” for “multi author”. “author profile” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “multi author” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 22 Feb 2024 · 983 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.0.8 · 30 Jun 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Feb 2024
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.0.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2026-02-03 CVE-2026-24950 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.0.6 Patched in 1.0.7
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Authorsy – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Post Rating <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-10 CVE-2025-27006 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.5 Patched in 1.0.6
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Authorsy is a powerful WordPress author box plugin. Add customizable author profiles, multiple authors, gue..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,524 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "author bio" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 404 days in tier
- 2025-01-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 35 days in tier
- 2024-12-22 800+ → 900+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2024-12-05 700+ → 800+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2024-11-09 600+ → 700+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2024-10-12 500+ → 600+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2024-09-25 400+ → 500+ up after 22 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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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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