As of April 2026, SP Authors is a WordPress authors plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest….
This very simple plugin allows multiple authors to be assigned to a Post or Page.
In admin panel, when you add or edit a post or page you can:
specify additional authors, by selecting and adding them in the “Co-authors” panel. (See Screenshots #1)
put the shortcode “[sp-authors]” to display the list of co author’s links separated by comma.
When the post/page is displayed to user:
In any template:
you can user the template-tag “sp_authors_display” to show the list of coauthors “display_name”, separated by comma
you can user the template-tag “sp_authors_photos_display” to show the list of coauthors avatars
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| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 2.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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