Best author biography plugins for WordPress
The most popular author biography plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Author Bio leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Stylish Author Bio (10+) and After Content (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “author biography” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 author biography plugins
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Simple Author BioThe most installed author biography plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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Stylish Author Bio10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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After Content10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 3 plugins tagged “author biography”
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
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
After Content
Up in the last 7 days:3,291#37,586by laura2012 years ago
Adds post pagination, related content, author info, social sharing buttons, post meta, text, image and banner after posts content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day