Best user bio plugins for WordPress
The most popular user bio plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Bio Widget leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Big Bio Box (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “user bio” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 user bio plugins
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User Bio WidgetThe most installed user bio plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
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Big Bio Box10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 2 plugins tagged “user bio”
User Bio Widget
Up in the last 7 days:125#30,021by 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
Big Bio Box
Up in the last 7 days:529#33,996by kevin heath12 years ago
Adds an additional bio box with tinymce editor into the profile page and swaps the default user description in author.php with the new formatted bio.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day