Best bio plugins for WordPress
The most popular bio plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Author Bio Box leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Visual User Description Editor (1K+) and Author Box WP Lens (900+). All 39 plugins tagged “bio” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bio plugins
- 1.Author Bio Box
The most installed bio plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.Visual User Description Editor
1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.0.
- 3.
Author Box WP Lens900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.Visual Editor Biography
900+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 5.
Connections Business Directory Toolbar200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.About Me widget
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.Simple Author Bio
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 8.HTML in Author Bio
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 9.
Connections Business Directory Open Hours100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 10.
WP Author Profile Widget100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 39 plugins tagged “bio”
Author Bio Box
#5,469by Claudio Sanches5 years ago
Display a box with the author's biography in your WordPress
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Visual User Description Editor
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,292by zwwuu4 years ago
Replaces the user "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Author Box WP Lens
Down in the last 7 days:12#7,136by Netrr27 days ago
A plugin which provides an author box for your WordPress blog. Originally known as "Author Box for Divi."
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Visual Editor Biography
Down in the last 7 days:17#7,200by Kevin Leary14 years ago
Replaces the author "Biographical Info" profile field with a TinyMCE visual editor.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Connections Business Directory Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:112#11,549by Steven2 years ago
Adds useful admin links and resources for the Connections Business Directory plugin to the WordPress Toolbar / Admin Bar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
About Me widget
Up in the last 7 days:5#12,621by yosemite15 years ago
Add an "About Me" widget to your sidebar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Author Bio
Down in the last 7 days:26#12,784by jmarreros6 years ago
Plugin that shows the author's biography in the foot of the posts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML in Author Bio
Down in the last 7 days:67#13,850by Abhik15 years ago
Enables the use of HTML formatting in Author Bio
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Connections Business Directory Open Hours
Down in the last 7 days:54#14,256by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds the ability to add business hours to an entry.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Author Profile Widget
Down in the last 7 days:62#15,761by B.M. Rafiul Alam2 years ago
Add WP Author Profile Widget with easy way.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Author Bio Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:128#17,155by 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

Connections Business Directory Languages
Down in the last 7 days:157#17,819by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds the ability to add languages spoken to an entry.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Biographical Info Paragraphed
Down in the last 7 days:55#18,841by Kamrul Hasan7 years ago
Biographical Info Paragraphed is a plug-in for Wordpress that allows Wordpress to add additional HTML tags like p, br, rel="author" etc.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Connections Business Directory Legacy Templates
Up in the last 7 days:53#20,300by Steven10 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that restores deprecated templates.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

Connections Business Directory Face Detect
Down in the last 7 days:67#20,902by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory applies face detection when cropping an image.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Connections Business Directory Education Level
Down in the last 7 days:156#22,968by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds the ability to add an education level to an entry.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Short Bio Widget
Down in the last 7 days:124#23,127by 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

MySpeakingPage by Author Media
Down in the last 7 days:128#26,452by zookatron7 years ago
A WordPress plugin built specifically to help professional public speakers get more speaking gigs.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Connections Business Directory Hobbies
Down in the last 7 days:302#26,705by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds the ability to add hobbies to an entry.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Profile Bio
#29,108by 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
- 1/day
User Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:146#30,002by Anthony Bubel15 years ago
Easily display the "Biographical Info", and Gravatar, of any author's user profile in your blog's sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Genesis Staff Bio Grid
Up in the last 7 days:286#32,504by Jon Schroeder12 years ago
This plugin creates a simple, intuitive way to list your staff with featured images and to display their bio in a lightbox. For Genesis sites only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC User Data
Up in the last 7 days:4,912#40,597by Evan Mullins15 years ago
Add certain fields and images to your user profiles. Also gives access via shortcode to display a list of users/authors anywhere on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cleio Toolbox
#40,625by Cleio&Co12 years ago
Cleio ToolBox is packed with nifty widgets and shortcodes that will cover all the basics of blogging... and more!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tessa Authorship
Up in the last 7 days:1,144#42,414by ulihake12 years ago
Show author information on post types not depending on WordPress users for galleries, expositions, content offered for/by third parties, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Taklink
Down in the last 7 days:5,385#45,261by Takl.ink5 years ago
Takl.ink is a tools to make a bio link with multiple links. You can use TakL.ink as Instagram bio link or other social networks like Telegram, Faceboo …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zidithemes Jumbotron
Down in the last 7 days:1,259#47,109by Zidithemes6 years ago
Zidithemes jumbotron is designed to improve the layout of client jumbotrons, team, profile and works with the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Whoami
#47,372by Dennis Ploetner11 years ago
Just another widget to show a photo, a bio and some social media links with nice webfont-icons
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Connections Business Directory Income Level
Down in the last 7 days:2,623#48,158by Steven2 years ago
Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds the ability to add an income level to an entry.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Universal Link in bio
#51,744by talbiconsept5 years ago
Tired of changing your bio link ? This plugin is for you.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Biol.me
Down in the last 7 days:8,386#62,160by Biol.me6 years ago
Biol.me is a tools to make a bio link with multiple links. You can use your bio link as Instagram bio link or other social networks like Telegram, Fac …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

info with social link
#62,505by wdrasel6 years ago
info with social link implement every post or page;
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Author Bio & Social
Down in the last 7 days:3,234#64,092by Md Rasel5 years ago
A WordPress author bio plugin that adds an extremeley flexible, custom about the author box below your posts for single and multiple authors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zidithemes Text Image
#65,549by Zidithemes6 years ago
Zidithemes Text Image is designed to improve the layout of client text images, team, profile and works with the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Multi Link in Bio
Down in the last 7 days:1,885#68,702by Renzo Tejada8 days ago
Create a dedicated, responsive link-in-bio page in WordPress with social links, visual themes and optional analytics IDs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

GreenRoom
#68,787by arothmanmusic3 months ago
Collect, manage, and export actor and staff bios for theatrical websites and playbills.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zidithemes Testimonials
Down in the last 7 days:6,950#69,432by Zidithemes6 years ago
Zidithemes Testimonials is designed to improve the layout of client testimonials, team, profile and works with the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yzahkin's Link in Bio Grid
#70,314by Yzahkin1 year ago
Upload an image for any post. Posts with an image show up in a grid that you can include by a shortcode [ylinb_image_grid] Link the page on Instagram
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day