Message to Author
by Pathu Sutariya · Uncategorized
Message to Author allows users to message to the author of the post, products, page or any custom posts. Which can be useful to give feedback about pa …
45 health vs 57 average across 10,141 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1331 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 171
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-29 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-28 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-27 20+ → 10+ down after 157 days in band
- 2025-02-20 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-02-16 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-02-10 30+ → 20+ down after 199 days in band
- 2024-07-26 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-07-16 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/message-to-author" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Message to Author — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Message to Author: 10+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/message-to-author