10 Best Author Bio Box Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Author Bio Box has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Author Bio Box
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Simple Like Page
Closest matchSimple Like Page – Fast & Privacy-Friendly Page Embeds
4.3 (24) 10,000+ active installsEmbed Meta™ Page content without slowing down your site or loading third-party scripts before user interaction.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated April 28, 2026.
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Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic
4.4 (1,052) 10,000+ active installsBoost Audience Engagement with Award Winning Speed Optimized Social Tools: Share Buttons, Related Posts, Monetization & Google Analytics.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 5, 2024.
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4.7 (93) 3,000+ active installsJuiz Social Post Sharer is now Nobs • Share Buttons. Add beautiful share buttons in your posts to allow visitors to share your content on social media …
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated February 20, 2026.
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Social Sharing (by Danny)
5.0 (68) 2,000+ active installsAdds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (55) 2,000+ active installsShare your posts and pages quickly and easily with Cresta Social Share Counter and show share counts.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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4.4 (105) 5,000+ active installsAdvanced chat plugin for WordPress with AI ChatGPT bots. Requires no server, supports multiple channels, appearance settings, moderation, bans.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated March 9, 2026.
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4.4 (33) 10,000+ active installsGenesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 23, 2026.
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AddToAny Share Buttons
4.7 (1,113) 300,000+ active installsShare buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 300 times the installs, last updated May 22, 2026.
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4.8 (5,334) 100,000+ active installsShare buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Metricool – Social media and site statistics
4.5 (21) 80,000+ active installsSite metrics and social media analytics for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X Twitter. The single best tool for Social Media Managers!
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Author Bio Box: common questions
What is the best alternative to Author Bio Box?
Simple Like Page is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Author Bio Box alternative has the most users?
AddToAny, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Author Bio Box alternative is rated highest?
Social Sharing, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Author Bio Box alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Author Bio Box score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Author Bio Box on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Simple Like Page is the closest match to Author Bio Box by the data we track, and AddToAny has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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