6/30 days
Author Spotlight (Widget)

Author Spotlight (Widget)

v3.4

A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.

by Debashish · Website

WordPress.org Log in to track

Rank

#15,600163

19 hours ago

Official installs

100+

public bucket

Est. installs

115
High confidence

Total downloads

30K1

all time

Rating

4.5 ★

2 reviews

Support threads

0

open topics

Support resolved

of threads

Tested up to

WP 4.7.33

compatibility

Historical growth

Growth %, estimated installs, rank and downloads — updated daily.

Install, rank and growth cover 6 of the last 30 days; downloads go back 90.

Growth %

Daily active-install growth.

-30%-20%-10%0%10%20%
Jul 30Jul 31Aug 2Aug 3

Estimated installs

WP.org gives no history — this accumulates.

100110120130
Jul 26Jul 31Aug 1Aug 3

Rank position

WP.org popularity order — lower is better.

#15.3K#15.4K#15.5K#15.6K
Jul 26Jul 31Aug 1Aug 3

Downloads

Cumulative downloads over the selected range.

29.9K29.9K30K30K30K30K
Jul 1Jul 11Jul 20Jul 30

WP.org SEO rankings

Search position for tracked keywords.

Upcoming

Keyword rank tracking is coming soon

We're building WordPress.org search-position tracking so you can watch where your plugin ranks for the keywords that matter.

Compare with competitors

Auto-picked related plugins.

Log in to compare
Metric
Author Spotlight (Widget)
Author Box by Nocksoft
Smart Author Box Widget
Smart Author Box
Estimated installs1151036060
WP.org rank#15,600#15,952#18,766#19,172
30d growth-34.6%-23.1%-25.7%+6.3%
Rating4.5 ★4 ★
Reviews2001
Support resolved
Version3.41.1.11.0.41.0.7
Tested up to4.7.336.7.56.7.56.6.5

Review stats

4.52 reviews
5★
50%
4★
50%
3★
0%
2★
0%
1★
0%

Development activity

Last updated
2017-02-07 10:22am GMT
Latest version
3.4
Compatible up to
WordPress 4.7.33
Requires
WordPress 3.0
Developer
Debashish
Plugin site
Visit

Estimated installs

115

Confidence

high

Data updated

Aug 3, 2026

Tracking since

2026-07-26

WP Analyze — plugin intelligence from public WordPress.org data.

The WordPress® trademark is owned by the WordPress Foundation, and our use of it is for identification purposes only, implying no endorsement.