WP Author Report Free
by WPDeveloper · Uncategorized
Also makes 47 other plugins · 2.8M+ installs across the portfolio →
"WP Author Report" is the only productivity plugin for WordPress which will generate detail report how authors are working.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
0%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “author management”, “productivity” and “writer stat” 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.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 7.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 7.1.
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 3433 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 7.1
3.2★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3433 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| author management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| author report your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| author stat your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| productivity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| writer stat your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “author management”, “productivity” and “writer stat” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
9.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 10 Jun 2017
5
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ freshjustin11.1y ago
Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MC_KoT11.6y ago
Very useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ simon11.6y ago
At least on multisite installations (in the free version) you can only see your own profile (Superadmin). I tested this plugin twice. On multisite, free version restrictions do it unusable. The pro version is very expensive and attending to my experience with this plugin I’m not sure if it will work on multisite. It is not “the only productivity plugin for WordPress which will generate detail report how authors are working“. I have solved my needs with this other plugin: “WP Security Audit Log”. I say this, to help people who need this functionality in a multisite installation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jaime11.8y ago
This plugin is a hoax, when you install discover you can not use. Only you can know your own activity report. For that you do not need a plugin. When you install it you discover that and you must uninstall it, but it leaves traces in your system.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aguirresf12.7y ago
A waste of time. You can only see your own profile, but no one else´s, unless you buy it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ M Asif Rahman12.7y ago
Been using it internally for over an year. It made all of us super productive. As an Editor/Admin I have clear idea how others are working, how many posts, how that posts doing etc etc. Super simple, but a must have, specially if you have more then one writer.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does ""WP Author Report" is the only productivity plugin for WordPress which will generate detail report how auth..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,281 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("author management", "author stat", "writer stat" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-28 20+ → 10+ down after 376 days in tier
- 2024-06-17 30+ → 20+ down after 145 days in tier
- 2024-01-24 50+ → 30+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2023-12-19 60+ → 50+ down after 212 days in tier
- 2023-05-21 70+ → 60+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2023-04-08 50+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-03-31 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-30 70+ → 60+ down after 93 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).
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