Hide Author Archive
by Tarosky Inc. · Uncategorized
Also makes 13 other plugins · 690+ installs across the portfolio →
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈600 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “inspection”, “page archive” and “comment author” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #11 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 16.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 16 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.8
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide author | #1 | #14 | up 18 |
| author archive | #2 | #16 | up 21 |
| byline | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| archive your tag | #10 | #24 | down 1 |
| ogp | #6 | #8 | up 5 |
| inspection | #7 | #15 | up 1 |
| author your tag | #18 | #24 | up 2 |
| page archive | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| comment author | #12 | #23 | 0 |
| hide | #22 | #24 | up 2 |
| atom | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| params | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| archive page | #17 | #23 | down 4 |
| hide url | #12 | #23 | down 1 |
| archives | #22 | #24 | down 3 |
| author url | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
| hide posts | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| author link | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| remove author url | #14 | #24 | 0 |
| rdf | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| permalink your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
70 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 45 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “inspection”, “page archive” and “comment author” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #11 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 898 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
16d ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 16 Oct 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
Install history since 26 Oct 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bradley Allen5.7y ago
After activating this plugin, the author archive lands on a 404 page. I was looking for this functionality, because on many websites, there isn’t a need for author archives. Tested with WordPress 5.6.2
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 37 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("There is still author name exposed!").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Yoast, Slack, REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 4 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,954 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "permalink" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-29 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 400+ → 500+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-09-25 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-24 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 500+ → 400+ down after 517 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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Change Author Link Structure 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - B Basic URL ShortCodes 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Custom Permalink Editor 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP Author Slug 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Smart User Slug Hider 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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