Best contributors plugins for WordPress
The most popular contributors plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Contributor Notifications leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of WP Multi Author (60+) and Restrict Contributors from Scheduled Posts (10+). All 16 plugins tagged “contributors” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 contributors plugins
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Contributor NotificationsThe most installed contributors plugin, with 80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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WP Multi Author60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.
Restrict Contributors from Scheduled Posts10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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bbPress Top Contributors10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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Recent Contributors Widget10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Github Contributors10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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MusahimounFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Posts ContributorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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Post CoAuthorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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M7tawa Editorial CreditsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “contributors”
Contributor Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:275#17,898by Web Guy9 months ago
An incredibly simple and lightweight solution for alerting you of new pending posts from contributors and alerting contributors when their submissions …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/day
WP Multi Author
Down in the last 7 days:350#19,141by aagjalpankaj6 years ago
One post, multiple contributors!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrict Contributors from Scheduled Posts
#35,577by Johnathon Williams13 years ago
Restricts contributors from viewing or editing their posts after the posts are scheduled to publish.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Top Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:10,525#46,390by Eduardo Leoni12 years ago
Shortcode to show the authors that have posted more
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recent Contributors Widget
Down in the last 7 days:10,452#48,162by Dave Clements7 years ago
This widget shows a list of all of the users that have written content on your site, since a static or dynamic time specified by you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Github Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:7,040#48,362by Pippin Williamson14 years ago
Provides a simple short code for displaying a list of contributors from any Github repository.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Musahimoun
Up in the last 7 days:16,986#53,079by Shadi G شادي جـ7 months ago
This plugin allows you to choose an author, create a guest author or choose multiple authors and contributors..
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Contributors
Up in the last 7 days:2,775#54,810by Abdul Hadi5 years ago
This is a simple posts contributors for WordPress posts plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Post CoAuthors
#57,051by Kajal Gohel11 months ago
Assign multiple contributors to posts and display them on the frontend. Lightweight and admin-friendly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
M7tawa Editorial Credits
Up in the last 7 days:3,529#62,520by Ayman Abdullah27 days ago
Add clear, reusable editorial credits for writing, review, translation, photography, fact-checking, and other content contributions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Coopso Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:13,119#64,359by Faiz Shaikh2 years ago
WordPress contributors plugin. The user(admin, author, and editor) can select the multiple users who contribute to the post and at the front end after …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
WP SimplePost Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:2,369#70,731by ashishodich7 years ago
Add more than one author to the post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:19,787#71,434by benjibabs7 years ago
Creates a metabox to select WordPress users to list as contributors in post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Contributor
#73,070by sujitkumar878 years ago
WP Post Contributors plugin allows you to add more than one author to the post who have contributed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day