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simple-author-bio

Simple Author Bio

Plugin that shows the author's biography in the foot of the posts.

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60.0% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

22 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
65 137 -52.6% 455

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8
Some warnings

Some warnings: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Some warnings I’m using your plugin in a site with PHP 7.2 and I’m getting the following warning when the setting “social icons in front-end” is on: Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /xxxxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/simple-author-bio/includes/class-dcms-simple-author-bio.php on line 154 And when the same setting is off: Warning: Creating defau
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Image size

Image size: users show compatibility, support, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, How to change author image size?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Space between pharses

Space between pharses: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
It is possible to insert <br />?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Snipet

Snipet: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
How i can use php snipet for insert bio somewhere in template?
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
simple and effective

simple and effective: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
simple and effective works like a charm, no redundant settings or other useless stuff works like a charm, no redundant settings or other useless stuff
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Love it

Love it: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Love it Really good plugin and author bio looks great.

Competitor Context

16 shown
WP Author, Date and Meta Remover weak incumbent · intel 81.8 · weakness 75.9
weak incumbent
stale update history below-average rating migration missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Edit Author Slug weak incumbent · intel 80.3 · weakness 70.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 23 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans weak incumbent · intel 78.3 · weakness 68.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 14 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test users roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
Meks Smart Author Widget weak incumbent · intel 78.0 · weakness 68.6
weak incumbent
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test user roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
Mooberry Book Manager praise owner · intel 76.3 · weakness 67.0
praise owner
stale update history 9 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Author Image praise owner · intel 75.9 · weakness 66.6
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Authors Widget praise owner · intel 75.5 · weakness 66.2
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Author Bio Box praise owner · intel 75.0 · weakness 65.7
praise owner
stale update history 10 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

7 shown from 7 collected
complaint Snipet support · 2021-12-22T14:44:17+00:00 · medium severity · author

Snipet: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: How i can use php snipet for insert bio somewhere in template?
compatibility easy content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Love it (5 stars) review · 2019-08-27T09:10:12+00:00 · medium severity · author

Love it: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Love it Really good plugin and author bio looks great.
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
mixed Space between pharses support · 2019-02-27T18:36:15+00:00 · medium severity · author

Space between pharses: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It is possible to insert <br />?
bugs missing feature support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Some warnings support · 2019-02-21T10:19:36+00:00 · medium severity · author

Some warnings: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Some warnings I’m using your plugin in a site with PHP 7.2 and I’m getting the following warning when the setting “social icons in front-end” is on: Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /xxxxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/simple-author-bio/includes/class-dcms-simple-author-bio.php on line 154 And when the same setting is off: Warning: Creating defau
compatibility missing feature easy value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
mixed Image size support · 2019-02-19T12:44:29+00:00 · medium severity · author

Image size: users show compatibility, support, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, How to change author image size?
compatibility support migration easy content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. support · 2017-04-12T14:52:34+00:00 · high severity · author

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
bugs compatibility setup easy content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise simple and effective (5 stars) review · 2017-03-25T20:53:50+00:00 · medium severity · author

simple and effective: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: simple and effective works like a charm, no redundant settings or other useless stuff works like a charm, no redundant settings or other useless stuff
missing feature easy reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live