Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress vs WP Author Profile Box Lite
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,714, ahead of WP Author Profile Box Lite at #33,929. Over the last 7 days Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress slipped 4 places and WP Author Profile Box Lite slipped 910 places. Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress has the largest install base, roughly 1000× the next: 10K+ active installs against 10+ for WP Author Profile Box Lite. Downloads this week: Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 2,802 and WP Author Profile Box Lite 75.
| Metric | Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress | WP Author Profile Box Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,714 ▼ 4 | #33,929 ▼ 910 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2,802 | 75 |
| Rating | 4.7★ (158) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Oct 8, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Current version | 5.3.2 | 1.0.4 |
| Best rank on record | #1,704 | #29,213 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2015 | Sep 2016 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 3 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress or WP Author Profile Box Lite?
By active installs, Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress: 10K+ sites run it against 10+ for WP Author Profile Box Lite, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 18, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress or WP Author Profile Box Lite?
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress, at #1,714 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with WP Author Profile Box Lite at #33,929. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress or WP Author Profile Box Lite alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.