Best about the author plugins for WordPress
The most popular about the author plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ninja Footers leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of About the Author Advanced (40+). All 2 plugins tagged “about the author” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 about the author plugins
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Ninja FootersThe most installed about the author plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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About the Author Advanced40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 2 plugins tagged “about the author”
Ninja Footers
Up in the last 7 days:15#13,559by samurai9design10 years ago
Create customizable footers for your posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
About the Author Advanced
Down in the last 7 days:278#21,524by Dan14 years ago
This plugin creates a sidebar widget which displays the post/page author's information.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day