Best author bio plugins for WordPress
The most popular author bio plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Author Box leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors (20K+) and Molongui Authorship (10K+). All 40 plugins tagged “author bio” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 author bio plugins
- 1.
Simple Author BoxThe most installed author bio plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 115 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 114 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Molongui Authorship10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 158 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Starbox10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 202 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
WP Post Author10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 22 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Authorsy1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Author Box WP Lens900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
Cool Author Box500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
WP About Author500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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About Author200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 40 plugins tagged “author bio”
Simple Author Box
#492by WebFactory2 months ago
Add a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.3(115)
- Downloads
- 492/day
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,146by PublishPress13 days ago
PublishPress Authors is the best plugin for adding authors, co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(114)
- Downloads
- 627/day
Molongui Authorship
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,719by Molongui1 month ago
All-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(158)
- Downloads
- 213/day
Starbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,821by SEO Squirrly1 year ago
Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(202)
- Downloads
- 54/day
WP Post Author
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,093by AF themes19 days ago
WP Post Author is the ultimate solution for an Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors, and Local Avatars. Easily manage Author Bios, Co-authors, …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(22)
- Downloads
- 864/day
Authorsy
Down in the last 7 days:28#5,636by Apselo4 months ago
Authorsy is a powerful WordPress author box plugin. Add customizable author profiles, multiple authors, guest authors, bios, social links, and post ra …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Box WP Lens
Down in the last 7 days:21#7,128by Netrr27 days ago
A plugin which provides an author box for your WordPress blog. Originally known as "Author Box for Divi."
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Cool Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:31#8,558by Hossni Mubarak1 month ago
Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP About Author
Down in the last 7 days:28#8,859by Jon Bishop1 year ago
Easily display customizable author bios below your posts
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
About Author
Up in the last 7 days:8#12,704by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin1 month ago
Display Blog Authors Information In Style you can publish blog users profile into any Page or Post in your WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Author Bio
Down in the last 7 days:17#12,777by jmarreros6 years ago
Plugin that shows the author's biography in the foot of the posts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Spotlight (Widget)
Down in the last 7 days:12#15,873by Debashish9 years ago
A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(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
Smart Author Box Widget
Up in the last 7 days:390#18,780by vinethemes1 year ago
Smart Author Box Widget displays author bio box with an image, description, and social links—perfect for multi-author blogs and personal sites.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Kit
Down in the last 7 days:10#20,353by Author Kit Team1 year ago
The most user-friendly plugin for managing author profiles. Adds a truly simple author box, support multiple authors, guest authors, and much more.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:152#20,876by ray.viljoen15 years ago
A simple sidebar widget to display page or post author's bio and link through to other content from the author.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:104#20,928by WPxon2 years ago
Smart Author Box will show the author's biography below articles.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- 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
Author Bio On Hover
Down in the last 7 days:206#21,972by Pluginic5 months ago
Modern author hover box with Authority Score, activity heatmap & reading tracker. Boost E-E-A-T and reader engagement.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Individual Multisite Author
Up in the last 7 days:198#22,879by Thomas Maier2 months ago
This plugin enables individual author descriptions for each single blog in a multisite network.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tidy Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:1,286#25,281by tidyplugins3 months ago
Display a responsive author box with custom avatar, author bio, and social links below your posts. Gutenberg block included.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Author Bio
Up in the last 7 days:358#29,515by Abhik14 years ago
Adds a short author bio after every single post on your blog. Also, enables HTML formatting tags in author description and adds Facebook, Twitter, Goo …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:125#30,021by Anthony Bubel15 years ago
Easily display the "Biographical Info", and Gravatar, of any author's user profile in your blog's sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
WP Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:12,035#34,655by newbiesup10 years ago
Automatically add an author box below your post content, with social profile icons
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stylish Author Bio
Up in the last 7 days:11,061#37,160by bdstar10 years ago
Display 100% responsive stylish author's biography with social icons in bottom of the posts/pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Book Author Bio
Up in the last 7 days:2,035#41,621by Best WP Developer2 years ago
The “Book Author Bio” plugin displays the author profile with name, designation, and social media links in 15+ designs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Bio Plus
Up in the last 7 days:3,204#43,390by Teja Amilineni12 years ago
Author Bio Plus displays author information in a box at the end of the post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
oDvut Author Bio
#45,460by enroxxa12 years ago
oDvut Author Bio is a simple plugin which will enable you to place blog author's bio anywhere in the blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CW Author Info
#46,708by antocara14 years ago
Add a box with information about the author of each post after post, include a widget in which appear a list of all components of the blog
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome WordPress Author Bio
#46,859by Liton Arefin3 years ago
Best WordPress Author Bio Plugin with Extensive Usability and Functionality
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bangla Author Bio
#47,205by arifnezami16 years ago
Simply adds a author bio after every post automatically in Bangla.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZMonstrs EEAT SEO
#58,942by zmonstrs4 months ago
Show search engines and AI answer engines who is behind your content. A smart author bio box that builds E-E-A-T and promotes your best posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Meta Author Box
#62,853by Shaugat Ashraf Khan1 year ago
Add a responsive custom author box. Great author box for any site!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Profile Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:5,359#63,519by Al Amin Ahamed2 months ago
Display author profiles and team members in Gutenberg blocks, shortcodes, and widgets — grid, carousel, list, and single profile.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Author Bio
Up in the last 7 days:6,417#64,115by codeadapted10 months ago
Multisite Author Bio allows you to easily manage unique user biographical information across each site in a WordPress Multisite network.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magic Author Box
#65,935by WeblineIndia10 months ago
Display responsive customized author box with social icons on posts. Fully customizable templates for each author with separate UI design.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SiteOnAI Bio Card
#67,632by KP Bhai Author1 month ago
Responsive author bio card plugin for WordPress posts and pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nice Author Box
#73,858by crawlcenter5 years ago
The Nice Author Box plugin adds a customizable and responsive author box to posts on your website. It comes with 13+ customization options and is easy …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day