Best display author plugins for WordPress
The most popular display author plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Author List leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Display Current Author on Menu (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “display author” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 display author plugins
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Author ListThe most installed display author plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
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Display Current Author on Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 2 plugins tagged “display author”
Author List
Up in the last 7 days:631#30,014by M A Vinoth Kumar11 years ago
Display the list of authors with gravatar image and show the total number of post count on hover
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Current Author on Menu
Up in the last 7 days:1,160#37,684by Riyad Arefin10 years ago
Tiny plugin that allows you to display current author's name(Display Name) on menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day