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Plugin info

Total downloads: 70,586
Active installs: 5,000
Total reviews: 14
Average rating: 4.2
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 1 (100%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 12/3/2025 (27 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/14/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 5.2.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 27 days ago • Support resolved 100% • 14 reviews

82/100

Is Guest Author abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 27 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.6
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.2.4

Ratings

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Developers

WebFactory (Owner)28WebFactory3

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Description

Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.

Features

  • ✍️ Behaves as if guest authors were regular authors.
  • 👤 Upload your own avatar image instead of using Gravatar.
  • 🌍 Link to a custom page for the guest author.
  • 🔥 Perfect for guest posts.

Looking for nicer author boxes with more options? Check out our free Simple Author Box plugin.

Installation

No installation instructions available

Frequently Asked Questions

How to disable this plugin?

Just use standard Plugin overview page in WordPress admin section and deactivate it or rename plugin folder /wp-content/plugins/guest-author over FTP access.

Will it slow my site down?

No, it won’t. It’s only loaded on the pages it protects.

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Review feed

alordiel
12/10/2019

Works perfect

In my case I needed something that would create the admin part an I can then use it on my custom theme. Definitely saved me some time to create my own custom meta boxes for the posts. Needed only to customize the single post template page to show the guest meta information.
Nima Shayanfar
11/5/2024

Feature request: nofollow the guest author URL

The plugin works as advertised and is quite simple and handy. I have one request though. These days nofollowing the URL might be suitable for some admins. So it is missing.

Screenshots

  1. Gives you the ability to switch between registered user author and guest author.

    Gives you the ability to switch between registered user author and guest author.

Changelog

2.61

  • 2025-09-18
  • minor code fix

2.6

  • 2025-08-11
  • minor code fixes

2.5

  • 2023-12-05
  • Guest author name bug fix

2.4

  • 2023-11-29
  • security fix

2.3

  • 2022-11-22
  • minor fixes

2.2

  • 2020-05-09
  • minor fixes

2.1.8

  • Bug fixes

2.1.5

  • Makes author links optional. You can just leave the link blank.
  • Bug fixes

2.1.3

  • Bug fixes

2.1.2

  • Fixes a bug where the plugin doesn’t work with ajax requests

2.1

  • Fixes an issue with author avatar displaying for user comments
  • Now uses theme defaults for avatar styles

2.0

  • Adds support to Gutenberg. Finally 🎉

1.9.1

  • Adds support to Elementor’s Author Box Widget
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