WordPress plugin comparison

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor vs Guest Author

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor

by aharonyan

100+ installs5.0

Guest Author

by WebFactory

5K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Guest Author has more active installs: 5K+, against 100+ for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
On a typical day, Guest Author is downloaded about 37 times, Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor about 16.
Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 22 reviews, against 4.2 from 13 reviews.
Guest Author was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Feb 16, 2026 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
Guest Author is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.
Guest Author has been around longer: since 2018, against 2020 for Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor.

Guest Author leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor	Guest Author
Popular rank	#14,656	#3,005
Active installs	100+	5K+
Downloads, last 30 days	463	830
Rating	5.0(22)	4.2(13)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.29	×0.86
Last release	8 months ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	7.0	5.2.4

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