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Best author description plugins for WordPress

The most popular author description plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Author Box by Nocksoft leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Author Bio Shortcode (90+) and Individual Multisite Author (30+). All 7 plugins tagged “author description” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 6 author description plugins

  1. 1.
    Author Box by Nocksoft

    The most installed author description plugin, with 90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  2. 2.
    Author Bio Shortcode

    90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  3. 3.
    Individual Multisite Author

    30+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Advanced Author Bio

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  5. 5.
    WP Author Box

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  6. 6.
    Multisite Author Bio

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

All 7 plugins tagged “author description”