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Overwrite Author Name

by Justin Fletcher · Uncategorized

Also makes 3 other plugins · 230+ installs across the portfolio →

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Overwrite Author to a consistent name when publishing a post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
55 Health · C
Maintenance 27/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

55 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

200+

Active installs

≈290 estimated

7.0K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+50%

72

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

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.

65 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 36/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 706 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+50% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

72

now · peak 106

7230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Overwrite Author Nam · #13059 you Published By · #19305 Edit Author Slug · #361 WP Meta and Date Rem · #498

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.

360per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.9y ago

latest release · v2.1

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.1 · 1.9y ago2.2beta · 3.2y ago2.0 · 8.6y ago1.9 · 8.8y ago1.8 · 10.7y ago1.7 · 11.3y ago1.6.0.2 · 11.5y ago1.6.0.1 · 11.6y ago1.6 · 11.6y ago1.5 · 11.7y ago1.4 · 12.3y ago1.3 · 12.7y ago1.2 · 12.7y ago1.1 · 12.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,388 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.1
Last updated
1.9y ago
Added
2013-11-29 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ bobolinps
    6.2y ago

    Does the job! Thank you.

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  2. ★★★★★ Justin Fletcher
    12.7y ago

    Its a simple plugin that helps our office users login with their own account (username/password) but forces the public author name to our corporate identity.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 126 languages, 1 at 90% or more

English (UK) 100%
Swedish 47%
Dutch 14%
Afrikaans 9%
Albanian 9%
Amharic 9%
Arabic 9%
Aragonese 9%
Armenian 9%
Assamese 9%
Azerbaijani 9%
Basque 9%
Belarusian 9%
Bengali 9%
Bosnian 9%
Bulgarian 9%
Catalan 9%
Cebuano 9%
Chinese (China) 9%
Croatian 9%
Czech 9%
Danish 9%
Dhivehi 9%
Dutch (Formal) 9%

Plus 102 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-05-05 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-30 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2023-04-28 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2023-04-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-04-23 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2023-04-18 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2023-04-15 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-14 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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