5 Best Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors has 20,000+ 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 Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
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Starbox
Closest matchStarbox – 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, multiple authors tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, 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, multiple authors tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 8 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated 22 days ago.
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WP 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 tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.9 (55) 3,000+ active installsHide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security
Shares the authors tag on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 20,000+, no update since April 17, 2024.
Switching from Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors: common questions
What is the best alternative to Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors?
Starbox is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors alternative has the most users?
Simple Author Box, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 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 Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 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 Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 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 Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 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
Starbox is the closest match to Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 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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