10 Best Remove Author Pages Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Remove Author Pages has 2,000+ 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 Remove Author Pages
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Media Hygiene
Closest matchMedia Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!
4.1 (38) 5,000+ active installsThe Media Hygiene plugin removes unused media from the WordPress library to free up space, reduce clutter, and improve server performance.
Shares the delete, remove tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated May 25, 2026.
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4.7 (94) 10,000+ active installsA quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
Shares the delete tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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5.0 (24) 7,000+ active installsAllow users with specific WordPress roles to delete themselves from the Your Profile page or anywhere Shortcodes can be used.
Shares the delete tag on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, no update since June 2, 2024.
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4.9 (49) 10,000+ active installsDelete the revisions of a post one by one or all at once, from the block editor, the classic editor or a bulk action.
Shares the delete tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated today.
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5.0 (27) 6,000+ active installsThe Remove Widget Titles plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the "!" character.
Shares the remove tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (28) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin will remove the version info appended to enqueued style and script urls along with Meta Generator in the head section and in RSS feeds.
Shares the remove tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated September 23, 2025.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the remove tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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Author 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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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.
Switching from Remove Author Pages: common questions
What is the best alternative to Remove Author Pages?
Media Hygiene is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 5,000+ active installs with a 4.1 out of 5 rating.
Which Remove Author Pages alternative has the most users?
Delete Pending Comments, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Remove Author Pages alternative is rated highest?
Delete Pending Comments, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 94 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Remove 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 Remove 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 Remove 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
Media Hygiene is the closest match to Remove Author Pages by the data we track, and Delete Pending Comments has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Simple Revisions Delete shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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