WordPress author plugins
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Edit Author Slug(83)•Updated 265d ago
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
100,000 installs1,498,092 downloads44/100 • Stale
WP Meta and Date Remover(70)•Updated 241d ago
Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.
100,000 installs2,065,956 downloads44/100 • Stale
Hide/Remove Metadata(13)•Updated 278d ago
Hide/Remove Metadata is a free WordPress plugin that helps you hide author and published date either by CSS or PHP from your website effortlessly.
20,000 installs272,582 downloads42/100 • Stale
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans(203)•Updated 283d ago
Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
10,000 installs515,018 downloads47/100 • Stale
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress(155)•Updated 293d ago
All-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.
10,000 installs520,385 downloads47/100 • Stale
WP Author, Date and Meta Remover(26)•Updated 1848d ago
Don't need the post date and author meta data on your pages? Install WP Author, Date and Meta Remover and its gone. It's that easy!
10,000 installs264,709 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Post Author – Author Box, Co-Authors & Guest Authors(19)•Updated 93d ago
Display author boxes, social links, co-authors, guest authors, post rating system, and user registration forms.
10,000 installs895,555 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Head Meta Data(19)•Updated 89d ago
Adds a custom set of <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages.
10,000 installs445,010 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Meks Smart Author Widget(8)•Updated 572d ago
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
10,000 installs427,389 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
VK Post Author Display(8)•Updated 151d ago
Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.
10,000 installs231,585 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Disable Author Archives(7)•Updated 74d ago
Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.
10,000 installs70,516 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup(33)•Updated 3807d ago
Give identity to your single or multi-author WordPress website with Fancier Author Box - The Only Author Box Plugin You'll Ever Need.
7,000 installs195,214 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP htaccess Control(17)•Updated 3774d ago
Interface to customize the permalinks (author, category, archives and pagination) and htaccess file generated by WordPress.
7,000 installs217,138 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author Avatars List/Block(32)•Updated 79d ago
Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
5,000 installs376,468 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Authors List(22)•Updated 83d ago
Use a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
5,000 installs54,744 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Guest Author(14)•Updated 74d ago
Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.
5,000 installs70,586 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
WP Custom Author URL(8)•Updated 471d ago
Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.
5,000 installs27,290 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Shortcodes(57)•Updated 3417d ago
An amazing set of great shortcodes: SEO-ready tabs, accordions, buttons, links to any content, author cards, lists, layouts, conditionals and more!
3,000 installs268,109 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
3,000 installs53,251 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
(Simply) Guest Author Name(23)•Updated 202d ago
Create a post and override the author name with one or more names or text. You can also create a link for the author name field
3,000 installs77,477 downloads42/100 • Stale
3,000 installs29,962 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CPO Widgets(2)•Updated 1928d ago
Add essential functionality to your WordPress sidebars with a set of useful widgets.
3,000 installs70,121 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Author Slug(19)•Updated 160d ago
Add a layer of security and prevent your login name from being shown in the author archive's URL.
2,000 installs34,187 downloads54/100 • Maintained
2,000 installs83,408 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Bulk Change Media Author(8)•Updated 899d ago
Bulk change author for multiple media files, using the default WP Media Library.
2,000 installs9,374 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AUTHOR INFO BOX – About Me Sidebar Widget WordPress Plugin(0)•Updated 300d ago
RS AUTHOR INFO BOX Widget will help to display your author information in sidebar area. this widget allow you to display author name, image, descripti …
2,000 installs25,768 downloads38/100 • Stale
Mooberry Book Manager(46)•Updated 429d ago
Sell books via Amazon and other retailers directly from your author website with this easy-to-use system. Creates book pages, widgets, and book grids.
1,000 installs173,179 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs35,799 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author Box WP Lens(11)•Updated 116d ago
A plugin which provides an author box for your WordPress blog. Originally known as "Author Box for Divi."
1,000 installs28,819 downloads64/100 • Maintained
SF Author Url Control(11)•Updated 3605d ago
Allows administrators or capable users to change the users profile url.
1,000 installs20,529 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification(6)•Updated 3595d ago
Send comment notification and comment moderation emails to multiple users. Select users individually or by user role, or send emails to arbitrary emai …
1,000 installs29,490 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs18,723 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Authors Widget(4)•Updated 3001d ago
Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors in the sidemenu.
1,000 installs108,159 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Comment Moderation E-mail only to Author(4)•Updated 803d ago
Send comment moderation notifications ONLY to the Author, not to the site Administration address any more.
1,000 installs23,023 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author Filters(4)•Updated 1883d ago
Author filters plugin integrates an author filter drop down to sort listing on post, page, custom post type in admin.
1,000 installs15,367 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs142,236 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Free Responsive Post/Article Author Section Plugin for WordPress – Ultimate Author Box Lite(8)•Updated 1342d ago
Ultimate Author Box Lite is a plugin that allows you to add additional information about the author in your Post, Page and Custom Post Type as a defau …
900 installs20,851 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
Admin Page Notes(9)•Updated 514d ago
Gives administrators the ability to add notes to posts of any post type (including pages) that are prominently displayed for users editing the site.
800 installs9,580 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Change Author Link Structure(4)•Updated 346d ago
To prevent that usernames are publically visible, the username in the author's permalink is replaced with the author's ID.
800 installs8,660 downloads40/100 • Stale
Comment Email Reply(15)•Updated 3968d ago
Simply notifies comment-author via email if someone replies to his comment. Zero Configuration.
700 installs10,702 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
600 installs80,087 downloads42/100 • Stale
Custom Author Byline(10)•Updated 5366d ago
Allows you to add an author name and link to the byline, other than the actual logged in user, without that custom author having to have a WordPress a …
600 installs24,197 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Product Author for WooCommerce(4)•Updated 118d ago
Product Author for WooCommerce enables author functionality for Woocommerce Products, Author can be assigned to Woocommerce Product using this plugin
600 installs13,012 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content(2)•Updated 107d ago
Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.
600 installs12,346 downloads52/100 • Maintained
GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress(35)•Updated 129d ago
Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
500 installs27,349 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Google SEO Pressor for Rich snippets(11)•Updated 1144d ago
Enrich your WordPress website content with Google Structured Data and make it more SEO friendly.
500 installs71,642 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Author Security(2)•Updated 1041d ago
Protect against user enumeration attacks on author pages and other places where valid user names can be obtained.
500 installs6,354 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
500 installs13,548 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
NoFollow Free(0)•Updated 5828d ago
NoFollow Free removes the "nofollow" tag from your Wordpress blog's comments with a lot of custom options and provides the option to in …
500 installs68,123 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author WIP Progress Bar(7)•Updated 445d ago
Tested up to 6.7.1 The WIP Progress Bar plugin allows writers and authors to display beautiful progress bars on their WordPress websites via a Widget …
400 installs9,543 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
SX No author Pagination(0)•Updated 297d ago
SX No author Pagination removes properly any author pagination and redirects useless paginated content.
400 installs4,792 downloads38/100 • Stale
Display Name Author Permalink(5)•Updated 2818d ago
Replaces the username for author permalinks with the users display name. Returns a 404 if the author permalink using the actual username is used.
300 installs11,864 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Smart Custom Display Name(5)•Updated 669d ago
Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string
300 installs10,174 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Woo Custom Empty Price(5)•Updated 384d ago
Show text, a call to action or custom HTML when a product has no price set.
300 installs4,602 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Author Plugin Widget(9)•Updated 1743d ago
WordPress Author plugin widget displays a list of WordPress authors on your WordPress website using the widget area section
200 installs24,797 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
About Author(5)•Updated 212d ago
Display Blog Authors Information In Style you can publish blog users profile into any Page or Post in your WordPress sites.
200 installs66,401 downloads40/100 • Stale
BookPress – For Book Authors(5)•Updated 385d ago
Books on WordPress made easy. Write and display your books: Add chapters, pages, table of contents, track word counts and more.
200 installs17,788 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Social Author Bio(4)•Updated 4837d ago
Social Author Bio automatically adds an author bio box along with Gravatar and social icons on posts. Now with built in Google Author!
200 installs40,261 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Default Author(4)•Updated 4518d ago
Changes the default author either gobally or for individual users.
200 installs4,627 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Author Bio(2)•Updated 1967d ago
Plugin that shows the author's biography in the foot of the posts.
200 installs7,422 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned