Jon Brown

Adds a metabox to the menu admin page listing users so they can be more easily added as custom links to the WordPress Custom Menus.

User Links for WP Menus

Adds a metabox to the menu admin page listing users so they can be more easily added as custom links to the WordPress Custom Menus

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Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors, with the number of posts, link to RSS feed next to their name, avatar. It is useful in a multi-author blog, where you want to have the list in the sidemenu. 
The widget can also display an “Author Cloud” if <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-tag-cloud/" rel="ugc">SEO Tag Cloud plugin</a> is installed.

Authors Widget

Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors in the sidemenu.

User Links for WP Menus vs Authors Widget