Best author plugins for WordPress
225 plugins tagged “author” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

WP Author Profile Widget
Down in the last 7 days:72#15,778by B.M. Rafiul Alam2 years ago
Add WP Author Profile Widget with easy way.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Author Spotlight (Widget)
Up in the last 7 days:12#15,829by Debashish9 years ago
A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Author Post Ratings
Down in the last 7 days:35#16,296by Philip Newcomer13 years ago
Allows a post author to assign a simple 1-5 star rating to a post, page, or custom post type, which will then be displayed on the post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Stats
Up in the last 7 days:157#16,593by ApinaPress13 years ago
User Stats provides an easy way to see at a glance stats about your users, including: post count, post views, article costs, costs per 1000 views and …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Author Filter
Down in the last 7 days:64#16,671by Frank Neumann-Staude12 years ago
Add a author selection on post / page editpage
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Bio Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:24#17,069by Philip John12 years ago
Provides the [author_bio] shortcode for embedding the bio of an author anywhere in the post/page content.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buy This Book
Down in the last 7 days:83#17,163by Claire Ryan10 years ago
[No longer under development! See the Author Showcase plugin for similar, extended functionality.] Buy This Book allows authors to display their books …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Custom Author Image
#17,309by p4wparamjeet7 years ago
Lets you easily add WP Custom Author Images on your site.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:144#17,814by 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
- 6/day

Custom Base Terms
Up in the last 7 days:261#18,015by Art Project Group4 days ago
Change the custom URL structures for author, search, comments, pagination and feed pages.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:67#18,658by Amit Sonkhiya6 years ago
Author Recent Posts shows recent posts by an author on the posts written by the author as a responsive widget. This plugin is useful for multi-author …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Author Highlighter
#18,890by jimaek15 years ago
Simple Author Highlighter is a wordpress plugin that allows you to easy highlight authors comments. More on our website www.dakulov.eu
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TinyMCE Signature
Down in the last 7 days:57#18,944by keighl16 years ago
Automatically adds a signature to your posts. Configurable via TinyMCE on the profile page.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Multi Author
Down in the last 7 days:145#19,125by aagjalpankaj6 years ago
One post, multiple contributors!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Box Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:100#19,487by Lopo Lencastre de Almeida12 years ago
Adds an author box to your blog. Fast and easy and fully configurable.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Author IP
Up in the last 7 days:103#19,700by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Records the IP address of the original post author when a post first gets created.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Image(s)
Down in the last 7 days:219#20,817by Scott Reilly15 years ago
Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:95#20,939by ray.viljoen15 years ago
A simple sidebar widget to display page or post author's bio and link through to other content from the author.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Published By
Down in the last 7 days:375#21,207by Scott Reilly8 years ago
Track which user actually published a post, separate from who created the post. Display that info as a column in admin post listings.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DT Author Box
Down in the last 7 days:27#21,432by 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
Media Filter
Up in the last 7 days:502#21,440by Sami Keijonen12 years ago
Filter media files by author.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
About the Author Advanced
Down in the last 7 days:323#21,644by Dan14 years ago
This plugin creates a sidebar widget which displays the post/page author's information.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MoreAboutMe Widget
Up in the last 7 days:72#21,763by sierramike11 years ago
Displays an AboutMe bloc, also known as a More About Me bloc, including a picture and some text.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Profiler
Down in the last 7 days:179#21,901by Agentmatica13 years ago
Allows the author/user to upload gravatar/photo/profile image directly from the user dashbaord to display on their blog post.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simply Change Author URL
Down in the last 7 days:99#22,111by Devi4 years ago
Changes wordpress user slug for security, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Individual Multisite Author
Up in the last 7 days:198#22,879by Thomas Maier2 months ago
This plugin enables individual author descriptions for each single blog in a multisite network.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Short Bio Widget
#23,115by Nasir Ahmed10 years ago
Its a widget that collects your short biography and show into wordpress sidebar area. User can add gravatar, name, short personal details, all common …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

自定义作者名称
#24,188by Bestony2 months ago
帮助你在发布文章时自定义作者信息
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show authors without posts
Down in the last 7 days:96#24,411by powtac13 years ago
Shows the authors page even if the author has no post.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Blog Author Link
Down in the last 7 days:281#24,420by Ron Rennick12 years ago
This plugin changes the blog author links on a buddypress site to link to the author's buddypress member profile.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom roles for author
Down in the last 7 days:144#24,961by David Biňovec14 years ago
Allows to set users with custom role as post author.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Autor Buscar Pagina
Down in the last 7 days:473#25,173by malnuer11 years ago
Permite editar las palabras base para "Autor", "Buscar" y "Página" desde "Ajustes > Enlaces permanentes"
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic Post Publishing Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:12#25,389by Will Brubaker10 years ago
Schedule posts LIKE A BOSS!! Define time slots for publishing and forget about it.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tidy Author Box
Up in the last 7 days:1,041#25,578by tidypluginstoday
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
Simple Quotes
Up in the last 7 days:688#25,669by jernst12 years ago
Just a simple project that flexibly prints random quotes anywhere on a wordpress page. Works with or without widgets. Comes with an options pages that …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author or User Image
Down in the last 7 days:67#26,290by Alimuzzaman Alim25 days ago
Allow registered users to upload a local avatar image and set an optional default image for the site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Wordcount
Up in the last 7 days:86#26,512by Scott Grant10 years ago
Allows authors to show word counts for works in progress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SFR Book Review Showcase
Down in the last 7 days:232#27,147by SupportFromRichard9 months ago
Display Amazon book reviews with customizable layouts, affiliate tracking, OCR import, and analytics. Perfect for book bloggers and authors.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Delink Comment Author
Up in the last 7 days:5#27,295by Crowd Favorite4 years ago
Delink Comment Author gives you the ability to remove the link a commenter left as their URL without removing the entire comment.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Archive Descriptions
Down in the last 7 days:433#27,467by jp211211 years ago
Display category, tag and author descriptions on the appropriate archive pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SlugMaster
Down in the last 7 days:24#27,660by David Garthe4 months ago
Customize author slug, user nicename, author archive, and custom slug URLs with full WordPress route control.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Juiz User Custom Meta
Up in the last 7 days:470#27,739by Geoffrey15 years ago
Allows administrator to configure some extra fields (user meta) for users. With these new fields, make a rich authors or users page, for example.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)
#28,142by DannyCooper2 months ago
A WordPress custom post type for books with genre, series, and author taxonomies, plus purchase links.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Noindex Author
Down in the last 7 days:63#28,151by Sirius Pro1 year ago
Simply exclude all author posts from indexing it in SERPs.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Author Meta
Down in the last 7 days:598#28,287by Nazakat Ali6 years ago
This is a simple plugin that allows you to set author name that appears in facebook news feeds, when someone shares it on facebook.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Author URL Stripper
Down in the last 7 days:143#28,432by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Removes the comment author URL if it contains any of the specified words.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Profile Bio
Down in the last 7 days:82#28,994by RiverCityGraphix14 years ago
The Remove Profile Bio plugin allows you to quickly remove the biographical information field from the edit profile page on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Author Archive Redirection
#29,059by kimipooh5 months ago
The plugin disables the author archive redirection.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author by Category
#29,160by Unioney10 months ago
Automatically assign post authors based on categories, while keeping full manual control.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Stupid Simple QR
Up in the last 7 days:46#29,258by Nagmay9 years ago
Allow authors to easily print a QR code for each page/post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day