the documentation states: scope - (optional) Specifies if the contributor summary information should include child pages. page - (Default) include just statistics from the current page children - include statistics from the immediate children of the page decendants - include statiscs from all decendants of the page However, the parameter only works if you use "descendants". (I think this was a previous request). Suggestion: 1) update the documentation to use the preferred form of the word supported by the plugin ( I think it's descendant , webseters, but it they both 'ent' and 'ant' are acceptable) 2) support the use of any of the following common spellings (or misspellings): decendents decendants descendents descendants