Visual User Description Editor
by zwwuu · Login & Users
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “bio”, “biography” and “profile” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 12.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.0.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1437 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.0; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1437 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| bio your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| biography your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rich your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| text your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
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.
What to do about it
- “bio”, “biography” and “profile” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 722 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
3.9y ago
latest release · v1.2.0 · 25 Nov 2022
4
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Curtis4.3y ago
Thank you for your plugin development. The formatting on the front end was problematic until I installed this plugin. Thank you for advancing the look of the Author Bio with formatting including the Visual Editor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hommealone4.3y ago
Does exactly what it promises. WYSIWYG for the User Biographical Info field. Very helpful.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 652 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2024-05-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2024-04-10 800+ → 900+ up after 86 days in tier
- 2024-01-15 700+ → 800+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2023-11-24 600+ → 700+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2023-11-09 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2023-10-14 400+ → 500+ up after 61 days in tier
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).
- V Visual Editor Biography 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 5 shared tags D
- R Remove Profile Bio 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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WYSIWYG Editor for Contact Form 7 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Simple Author Bio 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - A Author Bio Shortcode 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Rich Text Biography 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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