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Visual User Description Editor

by zwwuu · Login & Users

Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 4/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 59 average across 1,442 Login & Users plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.9K estimated

11.2K

Total downloads

since 2022

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+51%

405

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

50 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 10/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1373 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+51% vs prior 30d
17Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

405

now · peak 722

40530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Visual User Descript · #6198 you Visual Editor Biogra · #7129 Remove Profile Bio · #26851 WYSIWYG Editor for C · #12055

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.

405per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

3.8y ago

latest release · v1.2.0

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.0 · 3.8y ago1.1.1 · 4.1y ago1.0.0 · 4.3y ago1.0.1 · 4.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,420 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
3.8y ago
Added
2022-05-23 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
6.1.0
Requires PHP
5.3
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Curtis
    4.1y 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.

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  2. ★★★★★ hommealone
    4.1y ago

    Does exactly what it promises. WYSIWYG for the User Biographical Info field. Very helpful.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-06-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 45 days in tier
  2. 2024-05-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-05-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 26 days in tier
  4. 2024-04-10 800+ → 900+ up after 86 days in tier
  5. 2024-01-15 700+ → 800+ up after 52 days in tier
  6. 2023-11-24 600+ → 700+ up after 15 days in tier
  7. 2023-11-09 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
  8. 2023-10-14 400+ → 500+ up after 61 days in tier

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