Genesis Co-Authors Plus
by Jean Galea · Uncategorized
Also makes 14 other plugins · 240+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables full support for the Co-Authors Plus plugin in Genesis.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “co authors”, “genesis” and “multiple authors” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,751 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 6.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4634 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4634 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| co authors your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| co authors plus your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| genesis your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multiple authors your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “co authors”, “genesis” and “multiple authors” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 73 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.7y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 23 Feb 2014
4
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 7 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ egbaman10.4y ago
Needed to support multiple authors on a Genesis Child Theme. The excellent Co-Authors Plus plugin was the first leg then got struck with showing multiple Author Boxes on Genesis until I came across the Genesis Co-Authors Plus plug-in which was last updated 2 years ago as at then. Thankfully, it worked smoothly without any stress. Good job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ weslinda13.1y ago
I run a web site with detailed disease information. Many of the articles written on the site have more than one author. We’ve been using Genesis on the site for approximately 2 years. A few months back, we implemented Co-Authors Plus as a plugin and was hoping to find an easy way to implement showing all authors of the article. This plugin does it smoothly and quickly. No coding needed. Great addon for anyone using Genesis and Co-Authors Plus.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enables full support for the Co-Authors Plus plugin in Genesis."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 901 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "multiple authors" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-26 90+ → 80+ down after 107 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 100+ → 90+ down after 1067 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-07-20 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-07-17 200+ → 100+ down after 99 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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Co-Authors Plus 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ThemeRuby Multi Authors – Assign Multiple Writers to Posts 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
GhostLabs Undercard — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Genesis eNews Extended 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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