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Message to Author
10+ installs · #37,578 most popular
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Edit Author Slug
by Brandon Allen
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rank
- #357
- Rating
- 4.8(84)
- Updated
- 1 year ago
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WP Author, Date and Meta Remover
by Johnnie
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!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #2,109
- Rating
- 3.2(25)
- Updated
- 5 years ago
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VK Post Author Display
by Hidekazu Ishikawa
Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,777
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Meks Smart Author Widget
by Meks
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,688
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Updated
- 2 years ago
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Disable Author Archives
by freemp
Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,473
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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HivePress Messages
by HivePress
Allow users to send private messages.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rank
- #2,560
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Updated
- 16 days ago
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WP Custom Author URL
by Poodle Plugins
Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rank
- #3,180
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Updated
- 7 months ago
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Authors List
by WPKube
Use a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rank
- #3,006
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Updated
- 11 months ago
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Guest Author
by WebFactory
Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rank
- #3,009
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Author Avatars List/Block
by Paul Bearne
Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rank
- #3,586
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Updated
- 3 months ago
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WP Author Slug
by Konstantin Obenland
Add a layer of security and prevent your login name from being shown in the author archive's URL.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rank
- #4,156
- Rating
- 4.8(19)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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