Remove Author Pages
by Vinicius Braz Pinto · Uncategorized
Remove author pages and link authors to home page
48 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
166
now · peak 762
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow 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
10.4y ago
latest release · v0.2
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,429 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Молвинец «СКРЕПЫ» NSFW Cartel4.1y ago
Дополнение — «то, что нужно». Единственное но, не имеет перенаправления на «главную» (или указанный адрес), и author=0 не прячет. Вцелом нормально (если без учёта).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jarod Thornton10.2y ago
15 lines of code. Such a simple approach. I ended up simply adding this code to one of our existing in-house plugins for a multisite and slightly modified the code so it redirects to the parent domain of the blog / domain. echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;URL=http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'">';
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Evan_10.3y ago
It catches /author/ pages, but misses /?author=0 (etc).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stbedesantafe10.4y ago
This is the type of plugin we need more of – they do the job without having to edit theme files. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nicklock10.8y ago
An asset in the line of defense.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ skyhrg11.2y ago
When you don’t want people to know your author names, it works
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lilmaouz12.1y ago
Does what it’s supposed to, in one single step. Thanks a lot, Winiweb! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lilmaouz12.1y ago
Does what it’s supposed to, in one single step. Thanks a lot, Winiweb! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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
- 2026-07-19 3K+ → 2K+ down after 391 days in tier
- 2025-06-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 382 days in tier
- 2024-06-06 5K+ → 4K+ down after 381 days in tier
- 2023-05-22 6K+ → 5K+ 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).
- D Disable Author Archives 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Media Pages 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - S Simple No Comments 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Author Filters 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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