Featured Bloggers
by Donald Gilbert · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Creates an author profile at the bottom of every post. The data is pulled from the about the author section in the users profile.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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
Most to gain: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5893 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 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 21
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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 · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Blogger Importer 50K+ installs · 3.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/featured-blog-author" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Featured Bloggers — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Featured Bloggers: no active install count reported, no reviews yet. Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-24. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-blog-author