WordPress plugin comparison

Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget vs WP Custom Author URL

Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget

by kengimel

10+ installs5.0

WP Custom Author URL

by Poodle Plugins

5K+ installs5.0

At a glance

WP Custom Author URL has more active installs: 5K+, against 10+ for Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget.
On a typical day, WP Custom Author URL is downloaded about 18 times, Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget about 1.
Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
WP Custom Author URL was updated more recently: Apr 7, 2026, against Dec 16, 2015 for Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget.
WP Custom Author URL is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.4.34 for Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget.
Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for WP Custom Author URL.

WP Custom Author URL leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Global Food Book's Author Biography Widget	WP Custom Author URL
Popular rank	#40,269	#3,178
Active installs	10+	5K+
Downloads, last 30 days	22	454
Rating	5.0(1)	5.0(8)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.4.34	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.66
Last release	11 years ago	7 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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