10 Best Authors List Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Authors List has 5,000+ 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 Authors List
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Bootstrap Shortcodes
Closest match5.0 (23) 4,000+ active installsWordpress plugin to add shortcodes for Twitter Bootstrap 3.3
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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5.0 (23) 500+ active installsAdd beautiful, customizable cards to showcase plugins, themes, and projects from WordPress.org, GitHub, EDD, and third-party plugins.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 5,000+, last updated today.
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Easy Image Collage
Paid version available4.7 (22) 3,000+ active installsCreate beautiful responsive image collages for all your posts and pages
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.6 (30) 2,000+ active installsEasy Photography Portfolio is an elegant portfolio gallery plugin designed for Photographers. Install the plugin, add portfolio entries and galleries …
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since February 27, 2021.
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Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX
4.8 (262) 40,000+ active installsDesign professional blogs with advanced Gutenberg blocks, premade templates, dynamic post grids, and smart filters.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.7 (83) 9,000+ active installsVersatile plugin specially designed to create beautiful posts layouts. Fully compatible with Gutenberg and Elementor. Comes with advanced features suc …
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (33) 4,000+ active installsA powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.
Shares the grid tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsThe purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated today.
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4.0 (26) 4,000+ active installsProvides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload & crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
Shares the list tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 20, 2023.
Switching from Authors List: common questions
What is the best alternative to Authors List?
Bootstrap Shortcodes is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Authors List alternative has the most users?
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Authors List alternative is rated highest?
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 262 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Authors List 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 Authors List 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 Authors List 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
Bootstrap Shortcodes is the closest match to Authors List by the data we track, and Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Link Library shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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