Show authors without posts
by powtac · Uncategorized
Shows the authors page even if the author has no post.
43 health vs 57 average across 10,142 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4881 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
53
now · peak 154
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-12 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-10-06 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-09-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-23 30+ → 40+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-09-13 40+ → 30+ down after 28 days in band
- 2025-08-16 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-15 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-13 30+ → 40+ up after 18 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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- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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VK Post Author Display 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - P Public Post Preview Configurator 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Author, Date and Meta Remover 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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