Cool Author Box - For Widget and Post Content
Cool Author Box displays an responsive author box with social media links to your widget and post content area.
Cool Author Box ranks #8,525 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Jun 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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Security History
Source: WPVulnerability3 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago
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Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content [hm-cool-author-box-widget] < 3.0.1
CVE-2025-47447 · Fixed in v3.0.1
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Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content [hm-cool-author-box-widget] < 3.0.0
CVE-2025-30830 · Fixed in v3.0.0
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Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content [hm-cool-author-box-widget] < 2.9.6
CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v2.9.6
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- Version
- 3.0.3
- Last Updated
- Jun 13, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.8+
- Tested Up To
- 7
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Hossni Mubarak
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
- Reviews
- 2
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to showcase author information alongside their content. It solves the problem of displaying author bios, photos, and social links either as a widget or within single post content.
- Global author box widget
- Author info in post content
- Fully responsive design
- 12 social network links
- Individual post author infobox
- Profile background banner in widget
- Top or bottom position setting
- 7 available color templates
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