Cool Author Box
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content
by Hossni Mubarak · WordPress.org page · Website
Cool Author Box has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 14,122 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 13, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Cool Author Box at a glance
Is Cool Author Box well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Display a global author box widget
- Display author information in post content area
- Fully Responsive
- 12 social network links available
- Social network links customization
- Individual post author infobox
- Set profile background banner in the author box widget
- Set author box position in the post content – top or bottom
- Post author can upload and set their own picture
- Post author can set their title
- Post author can set their social links
Cool Author Box reviews and ratings
2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Very nice plugin
It comes handy for my recent project. Nice and simple, will highly recommend
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Very useful and flexible author box plugin
I looked for a long time after an author box. Why? My first attempt to create an author box in the left sidebar was using an image widget for the portrait and a text widget for the author description. It worked reasonably well, but the result was not very intuitive from a user design perspective. I just got two widgets that seemed unrelated, because I had several other widget as well in the sidebar. Then I tried to find a plugin that could do the work. And I found this plugin which had a border that nicely surrounded my author information including photo. I had a few features though that I was missing. I wrote to the author carefully and he implemented the features in a few days. I was really surprised and overwhelmed. It was a fantastic experience and now I think the plugin have all the features a author box plugin should have. I am not using the feature with social buttons but I think it is a nice feature if you need it. I really recommend this plugin for all users that likes a user interface designed plugin that does what a author box should do.
Henrik Falk Malling
Details
Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- author bio
- author box
- author info
- Author Profile
- author social icons
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- Version
- 3.0.3
- Last updated
- Jun 13, 2026
- First published
- Nov 22, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 5.8
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Cool Author Box FAQ
What does Cool Author Box do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Cool Author Box offers Display a global author box widget, Display author information in post content area, Fully Responsive, 12 social network links available and Social network links customization.
How many active installs does Cool Author Box have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Cool Author Box as of September 7, 2026.
Is Cool Author Box still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on June 13, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Cool Author Box free?
Cool Author Box is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.