Awesome Author Box Widget
by Modina Theme · Uncategorized
Awesome Author Box Wigets
45 health vs 56 average across 10,488 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2431 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
51
now · peak 154
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 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2022-12-30 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2022-12-23 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2022-12-21 20+ → 10+ down after 9 days in band
- 2022-12-12 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2022-12-09 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2022-12-08 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
PRyC WP: Add custom content to post and page (top/bottom) 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
GD bbPress Tools 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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