Visual Editor Biography

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 5.4 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.

1. ★★★★★ shawfactor

   4.4y ago

   Great plugins last and this one still worsk well.

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2. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   8.8y ago

   It’s a good plugin, but being so old it’s got its share of problems already. Here’s an updated version that adds Polylang compatibility (by Rocco Marco Guglielmi), composer.json and a hook to change passed WP_editor args.

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3. ★★★★★ lectest1

   8.9y ago

   Nice, straightforward plugin. Replacing the public function save_filters() function with the following appears to sanitize the input: public function save_filters() { // Contributor level user or higher required if ( !current_user_can('edit_posts') ) return; //disable WordPress sanitization to allow more than just $allowedtags from /wp-includes/kses.php remove_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses'); //add sanitization add_filter( 'pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_post_kses'); } Credit for the sanitize snippet to: http://badlywired.com/2015/03/allow-html-in-user-description/ (although it may be seen on 1 or 2 other posts/sites). This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by lectest1. This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by lectest1.

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4. ★★★★★ Mindshare Labs, Inc.

   11.1y ago

   Thanks!

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5. ★★★★★ Jean Michel Caupain

   11.1y ago

   This plugin is extremely convenient but you should change a line of code before using it. File: visual-editor-biography.php Line 137: remove_all_filters(‘pre_user_description’); This allows you to use HTML by removing all filters, making it impossible for other plugins to adjust anything AND more important, it allows users to run <script> tags. Use this instead: remove_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses'); add_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_post_kses'); This removes only the strict HTML filter and replaces it with a less strict version, allowing links, images and markup including divs.

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6. ★★★★★ MarcLemmens

   12.0y ago

   Does exactly what it needs to do on wordpress 4.0

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7. ★★★★★ entio

   12.5y ago

   great plugin works with current version (3.9)

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8. ★★★★★ rboatright

   12.6y ago

   No, it hasn’t been updated in 2 years. It didn’t need to be. Nothing about it has changed. It just works. five stars

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 1967 days in tier
2. 2021-02-23 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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Visual Editor Biography: 900+ active installs, 4.8★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-biography-editor