Best author category plugins for WordPress
The most popular author category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Author Category leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Author Category Revival (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “author category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 author category plugins
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Author CategoryThe most installed author category plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 10 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0.
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Author Category Revival20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “author category”
Author Category
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,322by Bainternet10 years ago
simple lightweight plugin limit authors to post just in one category.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Author Category Revival
Up in the last 7 days:615#26,696by legarsfred10 months ago
Restrict authors categories to specific categories with default category selection. Perfect for multi-author sites.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day