Best authors plugins for WordPress

Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors

Up in the last 7 days:4#1,146

by PublishPress13 days ago

PublishPress Authors is the best plugin for adding authors, co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.

Co-Authors Plus

Up in the last 7 days:3#1,189

by Automattic1 day ago

Assign multiple bylines to posts, pages, and custom post types with a search-as-you-type input box.

Just Writing Statistics

Up in the last 7 days:16#5,189

by Greg Ross1 year ago

Calculate your writing statistics on your WordPress site.

Osom Author Pro

Down in the last 7 days:7#5,337

by OsomPress1 month ago

The Osom Author Pro plugin creates a library which allows you to add books to any WordPress theme.

Authors Widget

Up in the last 7 days:18#6,154

by flocsy9 years ago

Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors in the sidemenu.

Post Pay Counter

Down in the last 7 days:14#6,307

by Stefano2 months ago

Easily handle authors' payments on a multi-author blog by computing posts' remuneration basing on admin defined rules.

Novelist

Up in the last 7 days:59#6,470

by Ashley2 months ago

Easily organize and display your portfolio of books.

Simple User Listing

Down in the last 7 days:12#7,198

by HelgaTheViking1 year ago

A shortcode for displaying paginated lists of users.

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and Titles

Down in the last 7 days:17#8,176

by fmarzocca2 months ago

This plugin lists all posts by Author, nested Categories and Title, allowing to place the lists in any page.

GS Books Showcase

Down in the last 7 days:135#9,041

by GS Plugins5 days ago

Show your books with covers, ISBN and publication details in a book grid or slider. For authors, publishers, libraries and book blogs.

Smart Post Lists Light

Up in the last 7 days:2#11,682

by OTWthemes4 years ago

Create custom post lists based on options you choose from a form in a widget. Different types of lists, blog, portfolio, services pages. No coding.

Byline

Up in the last 7 days:10#11,959

by mattdu13 years ago

Solves the co/multi-author problem without modifying the theme. Uses a custom taxonomy, "Byline," that replaces the Display Author.

Team List

Up in the last 7 days:41#14,981

by required1 month ago

Display your teammates anywhere on your WordPress site using this easy-to-use plugin.

Display Authors Widget

Down in the last 7 days:103#15,358

by Sami Keijonen11 years ago

Display authors by role.

Top Authors

Up in the last 7 days:113#15,757

by danielpataki11 years ago

A highly customizable widget that allows you to display the top authors of your website easily.

Author Spotlight (Widget)

Up in the last 7 days:57#15,796

by Debashish9 years ago

A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.

Latest Posts by Author

Down in the last 7 days:410#16,955

by Alex Mansfield13 years ago

Displays an unordered list of an author's latest posts.

Draft Notify

Up in the last 7 days:135#17,286

by TouchOfTech8 years ago

This plugin is designed to send an email notification whenever a draft is saved.

Authors Posts Widget

Up in the last 7 days:271#17,406

by Fahad Mahmood10 days ago

Show posts grouped by author in a clean, collapsible, accessible list. Works as a block, a widget and a shortcode.

X3P0

Down in the last 7 days:223#17,641

by Justin Tadlock8 months ago

A customizable authors list block that lets you showcase post authors, their feed links, and post counts.

Author Recent Posts

Up in the last 7 days:18#18,653

by Amit Sonkhiya5 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 …

Simple Blog Authors Widget

Down in the last 7 days:25#18,927

by Stanko Metodiev10 years ago

This plugin lets provides a simple widget to list your blog's authors, including gravatar and post counts

List Authors

#19,542

by Takaitra16 years ago

A widget to display a list of site authors.

Author Image(s)

Up in the last 7 days:156#20,658

by Scott Reilly15 years ago

Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.

Co-Authors Widget

Up in the last 7 days:86#22,514

by Gianluigi Filippelli5 years ago

The plugin add a widget and a shortcode in order to show authors of an article. It is compatible with Co-Authors Plus.

Show authors without posts

Up in the last 7 days:95#24,263

by powtac13 years ago

Shows the authors page even if the author has no post.

Latest Posts by Author with content

Down in the last 7 days:28#25,037

by OpenSource Technologies Inc.1 month ago

List an author's latest posts with a short preview of each post, using a shortcode.

Author Category Revival

Up in the last 7 days:455#26,973

by legarsfred10 months ago

Restrict authors categories to specific categories with default category selection. Perfect for multi-author sites.

People Page

Up in the last 7 days:30#27,288

by jethin12 years ago

Create a "People Page" that displays a list of selected site users with photos, bios, titles, links and more.

Noindex Author

#28,263

by Sirius Pro1 year ago

Simply exclude all author posts from indexing it in SERPs.

Leenkat Author Autocomplete

Up in the last 7 days:694#29,838

by Fajr Yassin1 month ago

Search and assign WordPress users or guest authors faster in the Classic Editor and Block Editor.

Post Co-Authors

Down in the last 7 days:218#31,323

by itcoderr9 years ago

Post Co-Authors plugin allows you to select more then one authors in any post or custom post type.

Author Grid

Up in the last 7 days:40#31,609

by mdiamondstone15 years ago

Sidebar widget that displays the avatar of all of the authors on your blog in grid form.

Awebsome! Comment Author Mail Validation

#36,159

by Raul Illana15 years ago

Adds a new comment validation method in the "Before a comment appears" Discussion subsection panel.

Author RSS Feed

Up in the last 7 days:4,670#37,116

by danielpataki11 years ago

A widget which lets you show different RSS feeds for your authors on their author pages and posts.

Word Counter

#37,137

by nearchx2 years ago

Show the reading time and number of words in your post.

Extend Co-Authors Plus for FacetWP

#38,575

by polyres4 years ago

Add an Co-Authors facet to FacetWP

Export Comment Authors

Up in the last 7 days:4,540#39,004

by bjplink16 years ago

Export Comment Authors lets you extract the Names, Email Addresses and more of your Comment Authors into a CSV file.

User Box

#39,186

by isevcik10 years ago

Plugin provides a widget for displaying avatars of registered users.

User Links for WP Menus

Up in the last 7 days:3,164#39,405

by Jon Brown13 years ago

Adds a metabox to the menu admin page listing users so they can be more easily added as custom links to the WordPress Custom Menus

ForcePrivate

Up in the last 7 days:4,195#40,675

by ellbristow13 years ago

Force all posts by users without Editor or higher role to be private

Duplicate Comment Authors

#41,127

by Ben May12 years ago

Prevents people posting comments using the same name as a registered users display name.

Authors as Taxonomy

#42,183

by Mark-k9 years ago

Decouple authors from users. Instead of using users as authors use a special taxonomy for it.

About Author Box

Up in the last 7 days:3,154#42,265

by WPKube3 months ago

Display information about the post author automatically or using a shortcode.

Recent Posts With Authors Widget

Up in the last 7 days:5,661#42,523

by yonat16 years ago

Shows a list of recent posts with the author of each post - for multi-author blogs.

Multiple Editors

Down in the last 7 days:7,182#42,525

by Kaspars12 years ago

Allow multiple editors and contributors per post or page. Also enable contributors and authors to upload files and add new pages by default.

GhostWriter

Up in the last 7 days:1,369#42,553

by Floate Design14 years ago

Ghostwriter overrides WordPress’s author pages and feeds to emulate the full functionality provided to WordPress users.

Author2categories

Up in the last 7 days:1,226#42,970

authors2categories17 years ago

This plugin was developed because I have one blog with multiple authors who have

bbPress Top Contributors

Down in the last 7 days:10,525#46,390

by Eduardo Leoni12 years ago

Shortcode to show the authors that have posted more

Extra Authors Redirect

#46,660

by Andrew Norcross12 years ago

Adds a checkbox to author profiles for redirecting to other parts of the site.