Plugin info

Total downloads: 21,208
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/8/2025 (53 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/13/2012 (13 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 53 days ago • 1 reviews

61/100

Is WP Google Authorship abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 53 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Google Plus Authorship
Rating 4.3/5 (8 reviews)Active installs 1,000

Description

This plugin helps you add Google authorship markup to your WordPress site, allowing your Google Plus profile picture to appear in Google Search results.

Features:
* Easy 4-step setup process
* Multiple author support
* Multisite compatible
* Shortcode support

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/google-plus-author/
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Go to Users > Your Profile
  4. Enter your Google Plus Profile URL
  5. Use the shortcode [googleplusauthor] or the PHP function

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use this plugin?

Simply add your Google Plus profile URL in your user profile settings, then use the shortcode [googleplusauthor] in your posts or the PHP function google_plus_author() in your theme.

Review feed

Mervin Praison
9/3/2016

Nice

Nice

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Changelog

2.1

  • Security: Added nonce verification for form submissions
  • Security: Added input sanitization with esc_url_raw() and sanitize_text_field()
  • Security: Added proper output escaping
  • Improved: Replaced deprecated get_currentuserinfo() with wp_get_current_user()
  • Improved: Replaced deprecated update_usermeta() with update_user_meta()
  • Improved: Added text domain for translations
  • Improved: WordPress 6.8 compatibility
  • Fixed: Updated license to GPLv2 or later

2.0

  • Previous version