HTML in Author Bio
by Abhik · Login & Users
Also makes 1 other plugin · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables the use of HTML formatting in Author Bio
41 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5496 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 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
89
now · peak 149
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
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-02-16 · 1,384 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-10 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 200+ → 100+ down after 863 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 200+ → 300+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2023-06-29 300+ → 200+ down
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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Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smart User Slug Hider 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C - A Author Bio Box 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Change Author 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Author Box WP Lens 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Smart Custom Display Name 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/html-in-author-bio" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HTML in Author Bio — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HTML in Author Bio: 100+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/html-in-author-bio