Simple Google Authorship and Avatar
by Mark-k · Login & Users
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables users to easily claim google authorship on their content and use their google profile picture as an avatar
43 health vs 59 average across 1,444 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 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 4963 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
30
now · peak 51
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
13.6y ago
latest release · v1.0
1
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 “20+”. 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 · 1,387 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 ↗- ★★★★★ Alex Nguyen13.0y ago
The plugin doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wakaseoo13.3y ago
I find the configuration mechanism surprising. Most other plugin simply ask the profile the G+ URL ; this one queries authentification and fetches the url programmaticaly. At least, it means there is no typo. The option to have a badge is interesting too, even if I didn’t want to enable it. I think the option to claim authorship should be enabled by default. It cannot harm, and otherwise some people may think the plugin doesn’t work. Now, the link rel="author" is added on each article. But WP already provides such a a href rel="author on the author page. I think it would be more elegant to add link rel="me" on the author page instead (and leave the article page as it is by default if the avatar is not enabled)
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-09 30+ → 20+ down after 526 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 40+ → 30+ down after 328 days in tier
- 2023-08-05 50+ → 40+ 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).
- G Google Plus Authorship 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Disable comments with Google authorship 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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