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WP Author Ranking

10+ installs · #47,611 most popular

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Closest match
Meks Smart Author Widget
Shares 2 of WP Author Ranking's 5 tags.
Most installed
Edit Author Slug
100K+ active installs.
Best rated
Authors List
5.0 out of 5 from 22 reviews.
Most recently updated
WP Popular Posts
Updated on Nov 2, 2026.
  1. Meks Smart Author Widget

    by Meks

    Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,688
    Rating
    4.5(8)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  2. Change Author

    by Martin Teley

    This plugin lets you assign non-authors as post author.

    Installs
    1K+
    Rank
    #5,846
    Rating
    4.0(12)
    Updated
    9 years ago

    Sharesauthoruser

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  3. Edit Author Slug

    by Brandon Allen

    Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #357
    Rating
    4.8(84)
    Updated
    1 year ago

    Sharesauthor

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  4. WP Popular Posts

    by Hector Cabrera

    A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #334
    Rating
    4.5(249)
    Updated
    6 days ago

    Sharespopular

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  5. WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

    by Johnnie

    Don't need the post date and author meta data on your pages? Install WP Author, Date and Meta Remover and its gone. It's that easy!

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #2,109
    Rating
    3.2(25)
    Updated
    5 years ago

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  6. Starbox

    by SEO Squirrly

    Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,821
    Rating
    4.5(202)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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  7. VK Post Author Display

    by Hidekazu Ishikawa

    Display to Post Author Information Box on bottom of the contents.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,777
    Rating
    4.5(8)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  8. Disable Author Archives

    by freemp

    Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,473
    Rating
    4.4(7)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  9. WP Custom Author URL

    by Poodle Plugins

    Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.

    Installs
    5K+
    Rank
    #3,180
    Rating
    5.0(8)
    Updated
    7 months ago

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  10. Authors List

    by WPKube

    Use a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.

    Installs
    5K+
    Rank
    #3,006
    Rating
    5.0(22)
    Updated
    11 months ago

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  11. Guest Author

    by WebFactory

    Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.

    Installs
    5K+
    Rank
    #3,009
    Rating
    4.2(13)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  12. Author Avatars List/Block

    by Paul Bearne

    Display lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.

    Installs
    4K+
    Rank
    #3,586
    Rating
    4.8(32)
    Updated
    3 months ago

    Sharesauthor

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