As of April 2026, Authors List is a WordPress grid plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 22 reviews. It has been downloaded 56K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Downloads are up 14% this week. Top alternative: Layout Grid Block.
5/522 reviews
5.0K+active installs
56K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Easily display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page using a shortcode.
Backend UI can be used to change all the options.
Introducing New Authors List Pro
The free version offers a large amount of features for free, and the PRO version comes with even more amazing features for your authors list.
Some of those features are Styler, Search and Filters.
Styler allows easy change of color/typography/spacing on any of the elements in the authors list.
Filters allow you to create a better organization of the authors list.
Search allows your visitors to search for specific users.
Click here to get the PRO version!
Shortcode
All the options are available in the WP admin but you can also use a plain shortcode (as it was in version 1 of…
Ratings & Reviews
522 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Excellent
by walacky·3 years ago
Very good and customizable solution!
Great plugin, thanks
by Marko6548·3 years ago
Great plugin. Thanks
Perfect
by nancy.hildebrandt·4 years ago
I’ve spent a lot of time looking for a way to create a list of post authors with their bios. Just found this plugin, added the simple shortcode with no extra attributes and got exactly what I was looking for. It took two minutes. Thank you thank you thank you!
Perfect
by alienative·4 years ago
Thank you for this plugin, it works perfectly, and very easy to use.
perfect!
by jonturks·5 years ago·1 reply
Beatiful plugin and plugin’s owner is very best bro!
Download Trends
Today: 21Yesterday: 16This week: 119Period total: 10K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
94.7%
v1.2
5.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.6.2 (November 24th, 2025)
- Security fixes
Contributors
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