10 Best Disable Author Pages Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable Author Pages 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 Disable Author Pages
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Widgets on Pages
Closest match4.7 (161) 20,000+ active installsThe easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags.
Shares the sidebar, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since November 13, 2024.
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4.2 (32) 3,000+ active installsDrop widgets in page or post content area. Widgetized pages. Build your custom Responsive page layout in no time. No coding, easy and fun!
Shares the sidebar, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since May 7, 2022.
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5.0 (29) 3,000+ active installsA widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.
Shares the sidebar, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 12, 2020.
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HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
4.4 (24) 10,000+ active installsAdds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by using the HTML Sitemap Block or shortcode, perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.
Shares the page, shortcode tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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5.0 (61) 40,000+ active installsWhat this plugin does is to reveal most removed IDs on admin pages, as it was in versions prior to 2.5.
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.8 (53) 8,000+ active installsAttachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. About 1.6 times the installs, last updated December 30, 2025.
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4.9 (20) 4,000+ active installsUsing this plugin one can easily collapse/expand pages with children and grand children.
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since July 9, 2019.
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4.9 (22) 500+ active installsEnable tabs in the edit screen and manage them from the back-end.
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 5,000+, no update since February 28, 2021.
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4.6 (59) 30,000+ active installsCustomize the management screen UI.
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, no update since November 20, 2024.
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4.3 (23) 6,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Posts | WordPress Page | Custom Post Types
Shares the page, post tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
Switching from Disable Author Pages: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable Author Pages?
Widgets on Pages is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable Author Pages alternative has the most users?
Reveal IDs, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable Author Pages alternative is rated highest?
Reveal IDs, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 61 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable Author Pages 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 Disable Author Pages 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 Disable Author Pages 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
Widgets on Pages is the closest match to Disable Author Pages by the data we track, and Reveal IDs has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. HTML Page Sitemap shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 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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