About Author
by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin 4.4 (5 reviews)

About Author

Display Blog Authors Information In Style you can publish blog users profile into any Page or Post in your WordPress sites.

About Author ranks #12,671 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #278 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4.4/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Sep 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.7.0 Current Version v1.7.0
Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 11 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#278 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 25% by installs Downloads -9.3% this week
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Rank
#12,671
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Active Installs
200+
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KW Avg Position
22.8
0.2 worse
Downloads
67.6K
+9 today
Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
88%
Review 4.4 out of 5
4.4 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

Total Progress 23%
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Rank Changes

12,037 12,354 12,671 12,988 13,305 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
12,656 12,689 12,721 12,754 12,786 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

4.4
5 reviews
Overall 88%
5
4 (80%)
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

  1. About Author [about-author] < 1.6.3

    CVE-2025-30808 · Fixed in v1.6.3

  2. About Author [about-author] < 1.4.0

    Fixed in v1.4.0

  3. About Author [about-author] < 1.4.0

    Fixed in v1.4.0

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase blog authors' profiles on their pages or posts. It solves the problem of displaying author bio, name, description, and website information in a styled format via shortcodes and widgets.

  • Author profile shortcode
  • Multiple shortcodes per page
  • Widget for sidebar/footer display
  • Displays author bio
  • Displays author name
  • Displays author description
  • Displays author website
  • Multiple author templates

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about About Author

About Author has 200+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
About Author holds a 4.4 out of 5 star rating based on 5 user reviews on WordPress.org.
About Author is developed by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
About Author is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
About Author has been downloaded 67,575+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of About Author is 1.7.0. It was last updated on September 11, 2026.
Yes. About Author is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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