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Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content

Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content

v3.0.3

Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.

by Hossni Mubarak · Website

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Rank

#8,57029

11 hours ago

Official installs

600+

public bucket

Est. installs

650
Medium confidence

Total downloads

13.9K3

all time

Rating

5 ★

2 reviews

Support threads

0

open topics

Support resolved

of threads

Tested up to

WP 7.0.2

compatibility

Historical growth

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

Install, rank and growth cover 12 of the last 30 days; downloads go back 90.

Growth %

Daily active-install growth.

-5%0%5%10%
Jul 27Jul 30Aug 3Aug 6

Estimated installs

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600620640660
Jul 26Jul 30Aug 2Aug 6

Rank position

WP.org popularity order — lower is better.

#8.5K#8.6K#8.6K#8.6K
Jul 26Jul 30Aug 2Aug 6

Downloads

Cumulative downloads over the selected range.

13.8K13.8K13.9K13.9K14K
Jul 4Jul 14Jul 23Aug 2

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Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content
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WP About Author
Author Box WP Lens
Estimated installs6501.9K529968
WP.org rank#8,570#5,429#8,849#7,133
30d growth-1.3%-29.2%-13.4%-0.7%
Rating5 ★4.5 ★5 ★
Reviews201712
Support resolved
Version3.0.31.0.81.6.32.1.6
Tested up to7.0.27.0.26.8.67.0.2

Review stats

52 reviews
5★
100%
4★
0%
3★
0%
2★
0%
1★
0%

Development activity

Last updated
2026-06-13 8:05am GMT
Latest version
3.0.3
Compatible up to
WordPress 7.0.2
Requires
WordPress 5.8
Plugin site
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Estimated installs

650

Confidence

medium

Data updated

Aug 6, 2026

Tracking since

2026-07-26

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