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Private Notes

10+ installs · #29,464 most popular

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Edit Author Slug
Shares 1 of Private Notes's 5 tags.
Most installed
Edit Author Slug
100K+ active installs.
Best rated
Simple Post Notes
5.0 out of 5 from 24 reviews.
Most recently updated
WP Dashboard Notes
Updated on Oct 7, 2026.
  1. 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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  2. WP Dashboard Notes

    by Jeroen Sormani

    Working with multiple persons on a website? Want to make notes? You can do just that with WP Dashboard Notes. Create beautiful notes with a nice user …

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,115
    Rating
    4.6(110)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  3. Dashboard Notepad

    by Stephanie Leary

    The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #2,103
    Rating
    4.6(12)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  4. 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
    #2,108
    Rating
    3.2(25)
    Updated
    5 years ago

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  5. Starbox

    by SEO Squirrly

    Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,823
    Rating
    4.5(203)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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  6. VK Post Author Display

    by Hidekazu Ishikawa

    Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,779
    Rating
    4.5(8)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  7. 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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  8. 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
    #1,474
    Rating
    4.4(7)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  9. Simple Post Notes

    by Kuba Mikita

    Adds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.

    Installs
    9K+
    Rank
    #2,250
    Rating
    5.0(24)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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  10. 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
    #3,183
    Rating
    5.0(8)
    Updated
    7 months ago

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  11. 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
    #2,996
    Rating
    5.0(22)
    Updated
    11 months ago

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  12. 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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