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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. 1.
    Simple Author Box

    The most installed author box plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 115 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Molongui Authorship

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 158 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Starbox

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 202 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  4. 4.
    WP Post Author

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 22 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    Authorsy

    1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Author Box WP Lens

    900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Cool Author Box

    500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    WP About Author

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  9. 9.
    Kantbtrue about me

    300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.

  10. 10.
    Author Box & Pages for E-E-A-T Optimization

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 10 hours ago.

All 45 plugins tagged “author box”