Best author box plugins for WordPress
The most popular author box 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 Molongui Authorship (10K+) and Starbox (10K+). All 45 plugins tagged “author box” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 author box plugins
- 1.
Simple Author BoxThe most installed author box plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 115 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Molongui Authorship10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 158 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Starbox10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 202 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
WP Post Author10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 22 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
Authorsy1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
Author Box WP Lens900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
Cool Author Box500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
WP About Author500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Kantbtrue about me300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 10.
Author Box & Pages for E-E-A-T Optimization200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 10 hours ago.
All 45 plugins tagged “author box”

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

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

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 & Pages for E-E-A-T Optimization
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,354by Ignite Marketingtoday
Enhance credibility with author boxes and pages optimized for Google's E-E-A-T. Supports multiple authors, social links, and schema markup.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

VovaBlocks
Down in the last 7 days:83#15,788by Vova3 months ago
Focused Gutenberg blocks for CTAs, tables of contents, countdowns, checklists, author boxes, and more - without a separate page builder.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day

EEAT WP
Down in the last 7 days:649#16,469by eeatwp2 years ago
Boost SEO by demonstrating trustworthiness. The best plugin for Google's EEAT Quality Rater Guideline.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Advanced Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:120#17,930by Dean Williams5 years ago
Add an author box to your posts, with your avatar, name, url and description with optional social media links. Supports AMP plugin - Accelerated Mobil …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/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
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
DT Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:20#21,464by DigitalTweaker7 years ago
Easily add an author box bio signature with custom profile image and social profile buttons to the end of each author's posts
- 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

MM Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:108#23,662by Mehraz Morshed21 days ago
Display a box About Post Author with author name, avatar and description after each blog post.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- 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

WPGreeks Securities & SEO Tools
Up in the last 7 days:1,835#29,005by WPGreeks Pro28 days ago
An advanced, robust, modular security, SEO, and productivity toolkit. Mask vulnerable routes, duplicate pages/posts, harden environments, generate HTM …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cite This Article
Up in the last 7 days:1,206#30,057by CiteKit5 days ago
Author boxes for multiple and guest authors, plus article citations and citation metadata that make your published work easier to cite.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:40#30,281by Eugen Paun16 years ago
Adds a simple author box below the articles on single page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Author Profile Box Lite
Down in the last 7 days:662#34,222by WEN Solutions1 month ago
WP Author Profile Box Lite is an easy way to highlight author of your WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/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

NS Author Widget
Up in the last 7 days:11,191#35,228by misharnet10 years ago
NS Author Widget is a sidebar or footer widget that displays on single posts with Post Author\'s name, avatar, description, link to all posts and social profiles.
- 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

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

Awesome Author Box Widget
Up in the last 7 days:1,968#45,476by Modina Theme7 years ago
Awesome Author Box Wigets
- 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

Social Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:8,529#47,155by leanderlindahl8 years ago
Creates an "Author Box" Widget with the author's picture, bio and social media links.
- 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

WAPP Author Hub
Up in the last 7 days:7,786#58,374by UASTEND GROUP2 months ago
Author box with E-E-A-T SEO schema, custom author page, subscriber system, notification bell and scheduled email digests.
- 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

Sleek Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:6,178#62,873by Shashikant Yadav2 years ago
Sleek author box is a fully responsive author box plugin with 40+ social media icons and supports dark mode.
- 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
Siteler TV Köşe Yazarları
Up in the last 7 days:3,037#64,467by sitelertvtr1 month ago
Custom author profile photo upload, author titles, post bio box, and sidebar authors widget.
- 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

DeenWap
Down in the last 7 days:19,287#71,705by Debuggers Studio1 year ago
The DeenWap - Author Profile Widget For Elementor adds a responsive and customizable author profile to your website. This profile widget includes the …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ember Reviewed By
#71,849by WP Ember2 months ago
Add "Written by / Reviewed by / Last updated" trust bylines with reviewer credentials and correct E-E-A-T schema. Works with Yoast and Rank Math.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- 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
GhostLabs Undercard
Down in the last 7 days:12,031#74,097by GhostLabs2 days ago
Four designed author card blocks you place anywhere. Credit guest authors and co-authors, with roles, and no user account needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day