8 Best Guest Author Name Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Guest Author Name has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 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 8 closest alternatives to Guest Author Name
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Author Avatars
Closest matchAuthor Avatars List/Block
4.8 (32) 4,000+ active installsDisplay lists of user avatars using widgets or shortcodes. With Gutenberg support.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 30 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since May 9, 2025.
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4.9 (55) 3,000+ active installsHide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since April 17, 2024.
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4.6 (46) 1,000+ active installsSell books via Amazon and other retailers directly from your author website with this easy-to-use system. Creates book pages, widgets, and book grids.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since December 13, 2024.
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GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress
4.8 (42) 500+ active installsShowcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 5,000+ active installsUse a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated November 24, 2025.
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4.8 (84) 100,000+ active installsAllows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, no update since May 27, 2025.
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4.2 (71) 90,000+ active installsRemove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.
Shares the author tag on WordPress.org. About 45 times the installs, last updated May 31, 2026.
Switching from Guest Author Name: common questions
What is the best alternative to Guest Author Name?
Author Avatars is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Guest Author Name alternative has the most users?
Edit Author Slug, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Guest Author Name alternative is rated highest?
Smart User Slug Hider, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 55 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Guest Author Name 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 Guest Author Name 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 Guest Author Name 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
Author Avatars is the closest match to Guest Author Name by the data we track, and Edit Author Slug has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. GS Books Showcase 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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