Best user description plugins for WordPress
The most popular user description plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Author Bio Shortcode leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Big Bio Box (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “user description” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 user description plugins
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Author Bio ShortcodeThe most installed user description plugin, with 90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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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 description”
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
Big Bio Box
Down in the last 7 days:269#33,993by 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