Custom roles for author
by David Biňovec · Uncategorized
Allows to set users with custom role as post author.
41 health vs 56 average across 12,299 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5241 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
52
now · peak 157
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-15 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 30+ → 20+ down after 365 days in tier
- 2025-03-13 40+ → 30+ down after 250 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 50+ → 40+ down after 91 days in tier
- 2024-04-06 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-04 50+ → 40+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 60+ → 50+ down after 93 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
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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