Rich Text Biography
by ternstyle · Login & Users
The Rich Text Biography Plugin allows you and your Wordpress users to edit your profile biographies using Wordpress' built in WYSIWYG editor.
41 health vs 67 average across 454 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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 5112 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 160
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-04 70+ → 60+ down after 129 days in band
- 2025-12-26 60+ → 70+ up after 35 days in band
- 2025-11-21 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-18 80+ → 70+ down after 81 days in band
- 2025-08-29 70+ → 80+ up after 273 days in band
- 2024-11-29 80+ → 70+ down after 266 days in band
- 2024-03-08 90+ → 80+ down after 29 days in band
- 2024-02-08 80+ → 90+ 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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WP User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meks Smart Author Widget 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Disable User Login 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/rich-text-biography" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Rich Text Biography — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Rich Text Biography: 60+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rich-text-biography