A CSS popup will appear by hovering on an author link with user profile & social links.
As of April 2026, Author Popup is a WordPress author plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.
This plugin does the same thing as the the_author tag, displays the author name, only this time it’s linked to hidden layer (div). By clicking on the author link the hidden layer(div) pop’s up with author info gathered from the profile page, plus gravatar photo (if author email is assigned with one) & social links from profile custom fields.
Live demo of this plugin available at author site.
| WordPress | 2.0+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
First release
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