by WebFactory
4.3 (113 reviews)
Simple Author Box
Add a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!
Compatible with WP 6.9
v2.59
Current Version v2.59
Updated 3 months ago
Last Update on 03 Dec, 2025
Refreshed 6 hours ago
Last Refreshed on
Rank
#528
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Active Installs
80K+
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Downloads
1.6M
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3
(113 reviews)
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Tracked Keywords
Showing 5 of 5| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| author bio | 20 | — | Tag | 15 hours ago |
| guest author | 21 | — | Tag | 15 hours ago |
| Author Profile | 41 | — | Tag | 15 hours ago |
| author social icons | 62 | — | Tag | 15 hours ago |
| author box | 77 | — | Tag | 15 hours ago |
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- Version
- 2.59
- Last Updated
- Dec 03, 2025
- Requires WP
- 4.6+
- Tested Up To
- 6.9
- PHP Version
- 5.6 or higher
- Author
- WebFactory
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- Rating
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- Reviews
- 113
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Simple Author Box
The Simple Author Box plugin was designed to display the author information on posts, categories, tags, etc. The plugin does not work on pages – it was not designed for this, unfortunately. Adding the shortcode on a blog page will also not work because the plugin won’t have author information to display/will not know which author information to display. Adding the shortcode in a widget that is on a page is another instance when the SAB will not be displayed due to the same reasons. You can add it in a widget, but that widget has to be on a single post.
You should add there your phone number, for more information read this
You should add there your username, for more information read this
The PRO version of Simple Author Box fixes this.
Yes, but we also have two awesome widgets in the PRO version.
The second author box might be a theme feature and you will need to turn it off from your theme’s options, or hide it with custom CSS.
You can use 2 plugins in order to do this: Polylang or WPML. Here it is how to translate an author's biography with each plugin: Polylang
WPML In order to translate the "Biographical Info" using this plugin you have to have the wpml-string-translation plugin installed and the following configurations made: In the String Translation settings at the bottom you will see a "More options" setting. Click "Edit" then select "Author" from there and finally click "Apply". After this, in the filters above, at "Select strings within domain" select "Authors". This will reveal the strings that can be translated from the author role.
When adding a widget in the widget area you can select the content block to display and there you will also see a checkbox titled "Do not apply content filters". Checking this checkbox will prevent the author box from displaying for that custom post. When using a shortcode, example [content_block id=41] you can stop the author box from displaying by using one of these shortocodes instead: [content_block id=41 suppress_content_filters=true] or [content_block id=41 suppress_filters=true], both work.
You can get free support either here on the support forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box.