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Individual Multisite Author

This plugin enables individual author descriptions for each single blog in a multisite network.

By Thomas Maier·Author·Free
5(13 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Individual Multisite Author is a WordPress author plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.

5/513 reviews
40active installs
17K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

When running WordPress Multisites to maintain various top level domains or a multilingual version of your site you might probably run into the problem of having the same author description / biography on each of them.

This is unfortunate not only on multilingual sites.

Long story short, this plugin enables you to enter the author biography for each user on a per-blog basis.

You don’t have to do anything, but to install and activate the plugin and to enter the author bio into through the dashboard(s) of your site(s).

Please visit the github repository on https://github.com/webzunft/multisite-individual-author if you want to contribute, post a specific feature request or bug report.

Some things site admins and developers might want to know:

  • the plugin only works when multisite support is e…
Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

513 reviews
5 ★
13
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4.0

  • allow to translate the plugin through wordpress.org, props @2ndkauboy
  • show a warning if the current site is not a multisite, props @2ndkauboy
  • secure user data while allowing some HTML in the description, props @2ndkauboy
  • fix PHP 8.2 deprecation warning, props @2ndkauboy
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Thomas MaierThomas Maier
Plugin Info
Version
1.4.0
Last Updated
Dec 3, 2025
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
17K+
Added
Oct 1, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

authorbiographymultisiteauthor bioauthor description

Developer

T
Thomas Maier
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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