WP Google Authorship
by Mervin Praison · SEO
Google Plus Profile Picture appear in Google Search. Very Easy to implement. Including Google authorship for multiple authors and multisite.
75 health vs 62 average across 706 SEO plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
106
now · peak 209
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-16 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-14 300+ → 200+ down after 226 days in band
- 2024-08-31 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-30 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-29 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-08-26 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-08-22 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
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多合一搜索自动推送管理插件-支持Baidu/Google/Bing/IndexNow/Yandex/头条 2K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/google-plus-author" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Google Authorship — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Google Authorship: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-plus-author