Better Author Metabox
by shooflydesign 3 (1 reviews)

Better Author Metabox

Lets you safely override the built-in Author metabox with one that includes more users.

Better Author Metabox ranks #28,239 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, a 3/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Nov 19, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.3 (Current: 7.1.2)
v1.0.5 Current Version v1.0.5
Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 19 Nov, 2019
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#28,239
+258 this week
Active Installs
10+
-63%
KW Avg Position
N/A
No change
Downloads
3.2K
+5 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
60%
Review 3 out of 5
3 (1 reviews)

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Rank Changes

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27,579 27,839 28,098 28,357 28,617 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
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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

3.0
1 reviews
Overall 60%
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Plugin Details

Version
1.0.5
Last Updated
Nov 19, 2019
Requires WP
3.5+
Tested Up To
5.3
PHP Version
N/A
Author
shooflydesign

Support & Rating

Rating
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Reviews
1
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Better Author Metabox

There are at least three reasons:
You need to choose the post types where the plugin should be enabled. None are enabled by default. If a post type hasn't been enabled, it will use the default metabox. If you've enabled a post type to use the better metabox, but still only see authors, select additional user roles to make sure they're included in the dropdown. This is especially useful for custom roles you've created.
This plugin doesn't support that directly, but there is a filter (bam_wp_dropdown_users) that works just like the core wp_dropdown_users filter to let you edit its HTML before output.

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