10 Best Simple Author Box Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Simple Author Box has 90,000+ 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 Simple Author Box
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WP Post Author
Closest matchWP 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, author box, Author Profile tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.8 (226) 700,000+ active installsSophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
About 7.8 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated 15 days ago.
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Newsletter
Paid version availableNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
About 2.2 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.3, last updated 19 days ago.
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Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
5.0 (108) 60,000+ active installsDisable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.
About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.3, last updated June 5, 2026.
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Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR)
4.7 (49) 80,000+ active installsAdds an Image CAPTCHA to Contact Form 7 and WPForms, GDPR ready, perfect WPForms or Contact Form 7 Spam Protection Image CAPTCHA, adds a honeypot
A similar number of installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.4 (274) 50,000+ active installsProtect your website by concealing vulnerable WordPress traces, plugins, themes, login/admin url. 2FA, Captcha, Firewall, Security Headers etc.
About half the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.3, last updated 25 days ago.
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Login & Register Customizer – Forms, Popup, Profile & WooCommerce
4.8 (254) 40,000+ active installsGive your WordPress or WooCommerce website a modern login experience with beautiful, fast, and fully customizable forms.
About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated 2 days ago.
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OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy.
4.7 (212) 300,000+ active installsThe original Google Fonts self-hosting plugin. Automagically caches your fonts locally — no configuration (or brains) required!
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.3, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.6 (86) 70,000+ active installsThe strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free. Works with 60+ integrations: Contact Form 7, Elementor, WooCommerce, Divi, etc.
A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.3, last updated August 6, 2026.
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WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
5.0 (1,436) 400,000+ active installsFastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
About 4.4 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.3, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Simple Author Box: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simple Author Box?
WP Post Author is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Simple Author Box alternative has the most users?
Antispam Bee, with 700,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simple Author Box alternative is rated highest?
Honeypot, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,436 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Simple Author Box 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 Simple Author Box 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 Simple Author Box 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
WP Post Author is the closest match to Simple Author Box by the data we track, and Antispam Bee has the widest reach with 700,000+ active installs. Login & Register Customizer shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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