Best about author plugins for WordPress
The most popular about author plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Kantbtrue about me leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Author Box by Nocksoft (90+) and Author Details (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “about author” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 4 about author plugins
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Kantbtrue about meThe most installed about author plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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Author Box by Nocksoft90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Author Details10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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About Author Box10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “about author”

Kantbtrue about me
Down in the last 7 days:62#10,852by Shashikant Yadav1 year ago
An elegant about me widget and profile widget for blogs. With this plugin you can add title, description with links, profile image and social links.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Author Box by Nocksoft
Up in the last 7 days:2#16,994by Rafael @ Nocksoft2 years ago
Adds a modern author info box at the end of your posts and implements local avatars as an alternative to Gravatar.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Author Details
Down in the last 7 days:1,158#32,270by edckwt2 years ago
This plugin displays the author details at the end of the post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

About Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:3,733#42,305by WPKube3 months ago
Display information about the post author automatically or using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day