Birgir Erlendsson (birgire)

olijens

This plugin allows blog admins to change the default author globally so that when any user posts it appears under the same name. 
Admins and editors can also change the default author for a single user. This setting takes precedence over the global setting.
<h4>Source</h4>
The plugin is available at github: http://www.github.com/birgire/wp-default-author
<h4>Photo Credit</h4>
Plugin header picture is taken by Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson <a href="mailto:ojsbug@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ojsbug@gmail.com</a>. It’s taken at Hnífsdalur, Ísafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

WP Default Author

Changes the default author either gobally or for individual users.

M A Vinoth Kumar

buffercode

Display the list of authors with gravatar image and show the total number of post count on hover
Through this plugin user can,
<ul>
<li>Able to show the Author list through widget.</li>
<li>Onhover author image, the total number of post, nic name / user name and gravatar image will be displayed.</li>
<li>Admin can set the limit of authors to display.</li>
<li>Admin can set the gravatar image size to be 24×24, 48×48 or 96×96 pixel.</li>
<li>Admin can customize the widget title name.</li>
<li>Authors will be sort based on the number of post they published.</li>
<li>Admin can able to select the role based filter.[New – 05082015]</li>
<li>Support WordPress 4.3</li>
</ul>
For More Information : http://buffercode.com/project/author-list/
v 2.2.1 25082015
<ul>
<li>Bug fixes</li>
</ul>
v 2.2
<ul>
<li>Support WordPress 4.3</li>
</ul>
v 2.1 (05082015)
<ul>
<li>Admin can able to select the role based filter.</li>
</ul>
v 2.0 (04082015)
<ul>
<li>Bug fixes</li>
<li>Added recent 5 post to author popup.</li>
<li>Support 4.2.4</li>
</ul>
v 1.2 (30/3/2014)
<ul>
<li>Bug fixes, now display all author list</li>
</ul>
v 1.1.1 (2/1/2014)
<ul>
<li>Now Instead of Username Nickname will be displayed.</li>
</ul>
v 1.1
<ul>
<li>Authors will be sort based on the number of post they published.</li>
</ul>
v 1.0
<ul>
<li>Public release</li>
</ul>

Author List

Display the list of authors with gravatar image and show the total number of post count on hover

WP Default Author vs Author List