WordPress author plugins
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Edit Author Slug(84)•Updated 355d ago
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
100,000 installs1,534,141 downloads44/100 • Stale
WP Meta and Date Remover(71)•Updated 70d ago
Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.
90,000 installs2,091,678 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Hide/Remove Metadata(14)•Updated 69d 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 installs293,921 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans(203)•Updated 373d ago
Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
10,000 installs518,673 downloads35/100 • Possibly abandoned
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress(157)•Updated 90d 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 installs576,297 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
WP Author, Date and Meta Remover(26)•Updated 1938d 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 installs265,681 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars(20)•Updated 46d ago
WP Post Author is the ultimate solution for an Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors, and Local Avatars. Easily manage Author Bios, Co-authors, …
10,000 installs1,006,426 downloads53/100 • Actively maintained
Head Meta Data(19)•Updated 51d ago
Adds a custom set of <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages.
10,000 installs470,232 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Meks Smart Author Widget(8)•Updated 663d ago
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
10,000 installs430,451 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
VK Post Author Display(8)•Updated 53d ago
Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.
10,000 installs250,796 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Disable Author Archives(7)•Updated 165d ago
Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.
10,000 installs73,082 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup(33)•Updated 3897d 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 3865d ago
Interface to customize the permalinks (author, category, archives and pagination) and htaccess file generated by WordPress.
7,000 installs217,382 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Authors List(22)•Updated 174d 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 installs57,063 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Guest Author(14)•Updated 165d ago
Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.
5,000 installs72,965 downloads54/100 • Maintained
WP Custom Author URL(8)•Updated 40d ago
Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.
5,000 installs28,010 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Author Avatars List/Block(32)•Updated 170d ago
Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
4,000 installs379,616 downloads56/100 • Maintained
WordPress Shortcodes(57)•Updated 3508d 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 installs53,761 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
3,000 installs30,448 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CPO Widgets(2)•Updated 2019d ago
Add essential functionality to your WordPress sidebars with a set of useful widgets.
3,000 installs70,121 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
(Simply) Guest Author Name(23)•Updated 84d 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
2,000 installs78,825 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
WP Author Slug(19)•Updated 250d ago
Add a layer of security and prevent your login name from being shown in the author archive's URL.
2,000 installs35,533 downloads42/100 • Stale
Bulk Change Media Author(8)•Updated 990d ago
Bulk change author for multiple media files, using the default WP Media Library.
2,000 installs9,874 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
RS Author Info Box(0)•Updated 74d ago
A simple and lightweight widget to display an author's name, profile image, short description, and social media links in any sidebar or widget area.
2,000 installs28,565 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
Mooberry Book Manager(46)•Updated 520d 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 installs173,843 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs83,853 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs39,793 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author Box WP Lens(12)•Updated 167d ago
A plugin which provides an author box for your WordPress blog. Originally known as "Author Box for Divi."
1,000 installs30,623 downloads54/100 • Maintained
SF Author Url Control(11)•Updated 3696d ago
Allows administrators or capable users to change the users profile url.
1,000 installs21,221 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification(6)•Updated 3686d 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 installs29,910 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs19,467 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Authors Widget(4)•Updated 3092d ago
Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors in the sidemenu.
1,000 installs112,120 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients(4)•Updated 87d ago
Control who will receive new comment and moderation notifications. Light weight, simple, safe and effective.
1,000 installs24,530 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Author Filters(4)•Updated 1973d ago
Author filters plugin integrates an author filter drop down to sort listing on post, page, custom post type in admin.
1,000 installs16,000 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
1,000 installs143,053 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Free Responsive Post/Article Author Section Plugin for WordPress – Ultimate Author Box Lite(8)•Updated 1433d 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 68d 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 installs10,535 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Change Author Link Structure(4)•Updated 437d ago
To prevent that usernames are publically visible, the username in the author's permalink is replaced with the author's ID.
800 installs8,946 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
600 installs80,575 downloads42/100 • Stale
Comment Email Reply(15)•Updated 4059d ago
Simply notifies comment-author via email if someone replies to his comment. Zero Configuration.
600 installs10,979 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Product Author for WooCommerce(4)•Updated 142d ago
Product Author for WooCommerce enables author functionality for Woocommerce Products, Author can be assigned to Woocommerce Product using this plugin
600 installs13,519 downloads52/100 • Maintained
GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress(39)•Updated 41d ago
Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
500 installs29,688 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Custom Author Byline(10)•Updated 5457d 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 …
500 installs24,485 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content(2)•Updated 129d ago
Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.
500 installs13,367 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP Author Security(2)•Updated 1131d ago
Protect against user enumeration attacks on author pages and other places where valid user names can be obtained.
500 installs6,619 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
500 installs14,295 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
NoFollow Free(0)•Updated 5919d 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
Google SEO Pressor for Rich snippets(11)•Updated 1235d ago
Enrich your WordPress website content with Google Structured Data and make it more SEO friendly.
400 installs71,918 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Author WIP Progress Bar(7)•Updated 536d 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 installs9,950 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
SX No author Pagination(0)•Updated 388d ago
SX No author Pagination removes properly any author pagination and redirects useless paginated content.
400 installs5,034 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Display Name Author Permalink(5)•Updated 2908d 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 installs12,062 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Empty Price for WooCommerce(5)•Updated 40d ago
Show text, a call to action or custom HTML when a product has no price set.
300 installs4,863 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WordPress Author Plugin Widget(9)•Updated 1834d 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 83d ago
Display Blog Authors Information In Style you can publish blog users profile into any Page or Post in your WordPress sites.
200 installs67,779 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
BookPress – For Book Authors(5)•Updated 476d 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
Smart Custom Display Name(5)•Updated 760d ago
Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string
200 installs10,373 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Social Author Bio(4)•Updated 4928d 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 4609d ago
Changes the default author either gobally or for individual users.
200 installs4,782 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Author Bio(2)•Updated 2058d ago
Plugin that shows the author's biography in the foot of the posts.
200 installs7,620 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned