5 Best Authorsy Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Authorsy has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to Authorsy
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WP Post Author
Closest matchWP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars
4.2 (22) 10,000+ active installsWP Post Author is the ultimate solution for an Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors, and Local Avatars. Easily manage Author Bios, Co-authors, …
Shares the author bio, author box, Author Profile tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Starbox – the Author Box for Humans
4.5 (203) 10,000+ active installsStarbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
Shares the author bio, author box, multiple authors tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 9, 2025.
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Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress
4.7 (158) 10,000+ active installsAll-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.
Shares the author bio, author box, multiple authors tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.9 (114) 20,000+ active installsPublishPress Authors is the best plugin for adding authors, co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.
Shares the author bio, guest authors, multiple authors tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.3 (114) 90,000+ active installsAdd a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!
Shares the author bio, author box, Author Profile tags on WordPress.org. About 90 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
Switching from Authorsy: common questions
What is the best alternative to Authorsy?
WP Post Author is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Authorsy alternative has the most users?
Simple Author Box, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Authorsy alternative is rated highest?
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 114 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Authorsy 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 Authorsy 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 Authorsy 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
WP Post Author is the closest match to Authorsy by the data we track, and Simple Author Box has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. Molongui Authorship shipped the most recent release, on August 30, 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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