Best Google authorship plugins for WordPress
The most popular Google authorship plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Google Plus Authorship leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Google Authorship and Avatar (20+) and Disable comments with Google authorship (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “google authorship” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 Google authorship plugins
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Google Plus AuthorshipThe most installed Google authorship plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Simple Google Authorship and Avatar20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Disable comments with Google authorship10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Basic Google Authorship10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “google authorship”
Google Plus Authorship
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,616by mlazarov9 years ago
Add Google Plus Profile Picture to Google Search Results. Very Easy to implement! Google authorship for multiple authors
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Google Authorship and Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:58#25,963by Mark-k13 years ago
Enables users to easily claim google authorship on their content and use their google profile picture as an avatar
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable comments with Google authorship
#40,399by Andon Ivanov13 years ago
A quick way to disable comments with Google authorship link. This protect your blog from members who want to get article authorship.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Basic Google Authorship
Up in the last 7 days:2,986#43,735by phpgeekfr13 years ago
This plugin replaces author links of your posts with your Google+ Profile Link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day