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Best WordPress Plugins for Authors

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Authors

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for authors comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author... Best overall 87/100
  2. 2. One Click Demo Import 86/100
  3. 3. Simple Author Box 86/100
  4. 4. Molongui Authorship 85/100
  5. 5. VK Post Author Display 83/100
  6. 6. Disable Author Archives 83/100
  7. 7. W4 Post List 83/100
  8. 8. WP Post Author 82/100
  9. 9. Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 82/100
  10. 10. Guest Author 82/100
  11. 11. Novelist 81/100
  12. 12. Author Box WP Lens 81/100
  13. 13. Hide/Remove Metadata 80/100
  14. 14. WP Custom Author URL 80/100
  15. 15. WP Author Slug 80/100
2 One Click Demo Import
Free by Syed Balkhi

One Click Demo Import

Import your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click. Theme authors! Enable simple theme demo import for your users.

4.3★
from 79 ratings
1M+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
86

WPScore

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3 Simple Author Box
Free by WebFactory

Simple Author Box

Add a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!

4.3★
from 114 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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4 Molongui Authorship
Free by Molongui

Molongui Authorship

All-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.

4.7★
from 158 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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6 Disable Author Archives
Free by freemp

Disable Author Archives

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

4.4★
from 7 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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7 W4 Post List
Free by Shazzad Hossain Khan

W4 Post List

Build lists the Query Loop can't: posts grouped by year, category or author, term lists and user directories — via block, shortcode or widget.

4.7★
from 94 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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8 WP Post Author
Free by AF themes

WP Post Author

WP Post Author is the ultimate solution for an Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors, and Local Avatars. Easily manage Author Bios, Co-authors, …

4.2★
from 22 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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10 Guest Author
Free by WebFactory

Guest Author

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

4.2★
from 13 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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12 Author Box WP Lens
Free by Netrr

Author Box WP Lens

A plugin which provides an author box for your WordPress blog. Originally known as "Author Box for Divi."

5★
from 12 ratings
900+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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13 Hide/Remove Metadata
Free by Catch Plugins

Hide/Remove Metadata

Hide/Remove Metadata is a free WordPress plugin that helps you hide author and published date either by CSS or PHP from your website effortlessly.

3.6★
from 14 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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14 WP Custom Author URL
Free by Poodle Plugins

WP Custom Author URL

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

5★
from 8 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
80

WPScore

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15 WP Author Slug
Free by Konstantin Obenland

WP Author Slug

Add a layer of security and prevent your login name from being shown in the author archive's URL.

4.8★
from 19 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
80

WPScore

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