Wp Subcribe Author
by gchokeen · Email & Marketing
Also makes 2 other plugins · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Wp Subscribe Author plugin is help subscriber to follow his/her favorite author.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “author”, “email” and “notification” 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.
44 health vs 66 average across 2,119 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 16K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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 3949 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3949 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notify your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “author”, “email” and “notification” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 215 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, 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 21 Oct 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
10.8y ago
latest release · v1.8%0d · 8 Jan 2016
7
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 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Feb 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Aditya Agarwal8.0y ago
This is Just amazing, most important plugin for multi author website. The development of the pligin has stopped but it still works. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Aditya Agarwal.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Villalba Juan Manuel Pedro9.6y ago
Is Very poor plugin. No update! to last version 4.7.3 WP
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ manni659299.9y ago
Just installed this plugin to my site and liek that it works out of the box without a lot of adjustments to be made. The subscription form will only become viewable when the reader clicks on the author’s name – there appears to be no indication that readers can subscribe, though.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brianjohnsondesign13.5y ago
Plugin worked perfectly, though documentation is lacking. To actually USE the plugin, I just added this function where I wanted the subscribe button to show up: get_subcribe_link(); And the class of the link that’s generated is: “wp-subcribe-author-url” so you can style it with that. NOTE THE TYPO! It’s “subcribe” not subscribe. The only feature that I think would be helpful is to have something show up asking visitors who aren’t logged in to register or sign up to subscribe. I guess I will have to make that on my own!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 50 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 26 more locales with partial translations.
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Wp Subscribe Author plugin is help subscriber to follow his/her favorite author."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 460 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("notification", "notify", "user" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 359 days in tier
- 2025-07-16 30+ → 20+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-24 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-03-19 40+ → 30+ down after 89 days in tier
- 2024-12-20 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-12-12 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-12-10 50+ → 40+ down after 13 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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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Post Status Notifier Lite 700+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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