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Authors as Taxonomy

Decouple authors from users. Instead of using users as authors use a special taxonomy for it.

By Mark-k·Authors·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Authors as Taxonomy is a WordPress authors plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest….

0/5Rating
10active installs
1.5K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Decouple authors from users. Instead of using users as authors use a special taxonomy for it.

The plugin gives a simple way to have “guest author”, user generated content, multiple authors,
or any other setting in which you might not want to give people access permissions to the admin
side of WordPress but still want to give credit to the author and have some way to aggregate
his/hers posts on the site.

You can combine this plugin with any other plugin which prevent user enumeration to prevent
user name leakage and

Read more on the plugins main page https://calmpress.org/authors-as-taxonomy/

Documentation

Contribute

Pull Requests, bug reports and/or enhancement suggestions are welcome at https://github.com/calmPress/Authors-as-taxonomy

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.5+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHP7.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.0 – December 16th 2017

  • Initial release
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Mark-kMark-k
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.0
Last Updated
Dec 16, 2017
WP Requires
4.5+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.5K+
Added
Dec 16, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

authorssecuritycalmpressmultiple authors

Developer

M
Mark-k
7 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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