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Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.
Features
- βοΈ Behaves as if guest authors were regular authors.
- π€ Upload your own avatar image instead of using Gravatar.
- π Link to a custom page for the guest author.
- π₯ Perfect for guest posts.
Looking for nicer author boxes with more options? Check out our free Simple Author Box plugin.
Screenshots
FAQ
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How to disable this plugin?
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Just use standard Plugin overview page in WordPress admin section and deactivate it or rename plugin folder /wp-content/plugins/guest-author over FTP access.
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Will it slow my site down?
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No, it won’t. It’s only loaded on the pages it protects.
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How can I report security bugs?
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You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.
Reviews
Wachangiaji & Wasanidi
“Guest Author” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Guest Author” zimetafsiriwa kwa lugha 7. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
2.5
- 2023-12-05
- Guest author name bug fix
2.4
- 2023-11-29
- security fix
2.3
- 2022-11-22
- minor fixes
2.2
- 2020-05-09
- minor fixes
2.1.8
- Bug fixes
2.1.5
- Makes author links optional. You can just leave the link blank.
- Bug fixes
2.1.3
- Bug fixes
2.1.2
- Fixes a bug where the plugin doesn’t work with ajax requests
2.1
- Fixes an issue with author avatar displaying for user comments
- Now uses theme defaults for avatar styles
2.0
- Adds support to Gutenberg. Finally π
1.9.1
- Adds support to Elementor’s Author Box Widget