WP Author Slug

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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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 64% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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1. ★★★★★ Peter

   5.2y ago

   This plugin would probably work OK if you have a small number of users (e.g. if your site doesn’t allow public login). But if you have a large number of users (e.g. if you are running ecommerce or allow users to register for other reasons), this plugin will probably take down your site. The reason is that there are hooks that run when you activate or delete the plugin. It runs database fetch and update queries on every user in your database, all in-line on the request (rather than background via a cron). So if you have a thousand or more users it attempts to do a thousand or more database writes when you click Activate or Delete from the plugins list. This will likely grind your website to a halt. It would be better/useable if you could either choose to only apply these scripts to specific user types (e.g. Author) or if you could run the update in batches in the background.

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2. ★★★★★ cool_recep

   5.8y ago

   Errors are fixed. This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by cool_recep.

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3. ★★★★★ Husgrove

   7.2y ago

   Works as expected, recommend.

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4. ★★★★★ Knut Sparhell

   9.1y ago

   Easy way to add some obscurity to login guessing. But please update as it’s over 2 years now.

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5. ★★★★★ Terras Design

   10.2y ago

   …works fine. Thank you 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ pashaUSA

   10.4y ago

   This plugin should be part of WordPress core. It really does help to hide usernames of Site Users in URL, Which makes hackers to get through the security.

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7. ★★★★★ Sai Web Tech Hyderabad

   10.7y ago

   Looks good. Try this once. just now installed, have to check how it works.

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8. ★★★★★ Kelly

   11.7y ago

   Thank you!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 5 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-07-02 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

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• Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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