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:2#1,146

by PublishPress14 days ago

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

Co-Authors Plus

Down in the last 7 days:2#1,192

by Automattic2 days ago

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

Osom Author Pro

Down in the last 7 days:1#5,335

by OsomPress1 month ago

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

Just Writing Statistics

Down in the last 7 days:226#5,417

by Greg Ross1 year ago

Calculate your writing statistics on your WordPress site.

Authors Widget

Up in the last 7 days:15#6,162

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:2#6,298

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:34#6,481

by Ashley2 months ago

Easily organize and display your portfolio of books.

Simple User Listing

Down in the last 7 days:12#7,216

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:4#8,171

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

Up in the last 7 days:42#8,989

by GS Plugins6 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:33#11,651

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:13#11,954

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:37#14,979

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:186#15,421

by Sami Keijonen11 years ago

Display authors by role.

Top Authors

Up in the last 7 days:16#15,785

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:12#15,829

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:362#16,920

by Alex Mansfield13 years ago

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

Draft Notify

Up in the last 7 days:59#17,293

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:117#17,488

by Fahad Mahmood11 days ago

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

X3P0

#17,717

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

Down in the last 7 days:67#18,658

by 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 …

Simple Blog Authors Widget

Down in the last 7 days:8#19,022

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

Up in the last 7 days:91#19,427

by Takaitra16 years ago

A widget to display a list of site authors.

Author Image(s)

Down in the last 7 days:219#20,817

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:123#22,780

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

Down in the last 7 days:96#24,411

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:149#25,175

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:285#26,594

by legarsfred10 months ago

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

People Page

Down in the last 7 days:96#27,359

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

Down in the last 7 days:63#28,151

by Sirius Pro1 year ago

Simply exclude all author posts from indexing it in SERPs.

Leenkat Author Autocomplete

Up in the last 7 days:700#30,033

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:320#31,155

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

Down in the last 7 days:308#32,160

by mdiamondstone15 years ago

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

Recent Posts With Authors Widget

#35,506

by yonat16 years ago

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

Multiple Editors

Up in the last 7 days:10,280#35,509

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.

Author RSS Feed

#37,978

by danielpataki11 years ago

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

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.

GhostWriter

#39,450

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:5,889#39,552

authors2categories17 years ago

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

Duplicate Comment Authors

#41,127

by Ben May12 years ago

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

ForcePrivate

Up in the last 7 days:305#43,686

by ellbristow13 years ago

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

Awebsome! Comment Author Mail Validation

#45,261

by Raul Illana15 years ago

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

About Author Box

Down in the last 7 days:5,019#45,362

by WPKube3 months ago

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

Extend Co-Authors Plus for FacetWP

Down in the last 7 days:399#45,465

by polyres4 years ago

Add an Co-Authors facet to FacetWP

Authors as Taxonomy

Down in the last 7 days:2,625#45,588

by Mark-k9 years ago

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

GT Post Approval

Up in the last 7 days:1,496#45,591

by FraT19 years ago

GT Post Approval adds "Approve/Reject" buttons visible just for administrators and editors in the Menage > Posts page.

User Links for WP Menus

#45,732

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

bbPress Top Contributors

#46,383

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.