Best author base plugins for WordPress
The most popular author base plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Edit Author Slug leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Simply Change Author URL (40+) and SlugPilot (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “author base” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 author base plugins
- 1.
Edit Author SlugThe most installed author base plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 84 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Simply Change Author URL40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
SlugPilotFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “author base”
Edit Author Slug
#357by Brandon Allen1 year ago
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(84)
- Downloads
- 410/day
Simply Change Author URL
Down in the last 7 days:99#22,111by Devi4 years ago
Changes wordpress user slug for security, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SlugPilot
#68,257by Varun Kukreja4 months ago
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day