Social Author Box
by leanderlindahl · Uncategorized
Creates an "Author Box" Widget with the author's picture, bio and social media links.
41 health vs 55 average across 13,365 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2904 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 60
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-30 20+ → 10+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2024-10-03 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-09-29 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-09-26 10+ → 20+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-09-15 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-14 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-12 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/social-author-box" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Author Box — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Author Box: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/social-author-box