Disable Author Archives
by freemp · Uncategorized
Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-09-04 · 1,384 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2022-10-18 9K+ → 10K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Remove Author Pages 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Admin Collapse Subpages 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Author Filters 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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Broken Link Checker 500K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/disable-author-archives" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Disable Author Archives — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Disable Author Archives: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disable-author-archives