Justin Tadlock

<p>X3P0: Authors is a block that lets you display a simple list of post authors for your site. This is especially useful if you’re coming over from using a classic WordPress theme and need a block that’s similar to the old <code>wp_list_authors()</code> template tag.</p>
<p>Aside from the full array of normal block design tools, the block lets you choose from several options:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Number:</strong> Decide the number of authors to list.</li>
<li><strong>Order By:</strong> Choose from a variety of fields to order the list by.</li>
<li><strong>Order:</strong> Whether to display the list in ascending or descending order.</li>
<li><strong>Has Published Posts:</strong> Whether to only show authors who have published posts.</li>
<li><strong>Show Feed Link:</strong> Whether to show an icon linked to the author’s RSS feed.</li>
<li><strong>Show Post Count:</strong> Whether to display the author’s published post count.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can find the full source code for this plugin via its <a href="https://github.com/x3p0-dev/x3p0-authors" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>


X3P0: Authors

A customizable authors list block that lets you showcase post authors, their feed links, and post counts.

Peter Raschendorfer

<p>The Smart Custom Display Name Plugin allows you to set your Display Name to anything you like</p>
<h3>Retired Plugin</h3>
<p>Development, maintenance and support of this plugin has been retired in october 2023. You can use this plugin as long as is works for you.</p>
<p>There will be no more updates and I won’t answer any support questions. Thanks for your understanding.</p>
<p>Feel free to fork this plugin.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>The “Display Name” is the name shown as post author – e.g. “posted by John Doe”. WordPress only allows you to select from a few given values. This plugin changes the Display Name field to a regular text input field where you can type in anything you like. There are no settings. Just install and activate.</p>
<h3>Plugin Privacy Information</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin does not set cookies</li>
<li>This plugin does not collect or store any data</li>
<li>This plugin does not send any data to external servers</li>
</ul>


Smart Custom Display Name

Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string

X3P0: Authors vs Smart Custom Display Name