10 Best Google Plus Authorship Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Google Plus Authorship 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 Google Plus Authorship
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Use Google Libraries
Closest match4.4 (47) 10,000+ active installsAllows your site to use common javascript libraries from Google's AJAX Libraries CDN, rather than from WordPress's own copies.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (66) 7,000+ active installsEmbed Google Maps shortcodes in pages and posts, either by center coordinates or street address, or by URL to a Google Earth KML file.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated May 12, 2026.
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WP Google Analytics Events – No-Code Custom Event Tracking for Google Analytics
4.5 (33) 5,000+ active installsTrack Google Analytics Events on your website - Enables you to send an event when a user Scrolls or Click an element on your website.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since April 2, 2024.
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4.6 (64) 10,000+ active installsSimple secure login and user management through your Google Workspace for WordPress (using oAuth2 and MFA if enabled).
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 8, 2025.
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4.4 (28) 5,000+ active installsThis plugin gives a very simple way to integrate Google Search into your WordPress site.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since August 3, 2022.
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4.0 (48) 4,000+ active installsBrowse for Google Drive documents and embed directly in your posts/pages. Extends Google Apps Login plugin so no extra user auth required.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since May 9, 2025.
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Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange
4.6 (356) 10,000+ active installsSocial Login with Discord, Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and 40+ apps. Social share & comments. Free, fast & easy! WooCommerce Integration.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally
4.9 (128) 10,000+ active installsThe fastest, lightest way to integrate Google Analytics in WordPress.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 4, 2026.
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ICS Calendar
Paid version available4.9 (72) 10,000+ active installsAdd the calendar you already use to any WordPress site! Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, iCloud and more… no API keys or complicated setup required.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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Analytics Germanized for Google Analytics (GDPR / DSGVO)
4.5 (27) 7,000+ active installsGoogle Analytics preconfigured to respect EU law and with lots of advanced analytics settings for extensive tracking possibilities.
Shares the google tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated November 6, 2025.
Switching from Google Plus Authorship: common questions
What is the best alternative to Google Plus Authorship?
Use Google Libraries is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Google Plus Authorship alternative has the most users?
Use Google Libraries, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Google Plus Authorship alternative is rated highest?
CAOS, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 128 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Google Plus Authorship 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 Google Plus Authorship 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 Google Plus Authorship 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
Use Google Libraries is the closest match to Google Plus Authorship by the data we track, and Use Google Libraries has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. ICS Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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