Yes, Starbox is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Starbox?

Starbox has 10K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Starbox alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Starbox include User Switching, One User Avatar | User Profile Picture, Simple Local Avatars. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Starbox work with the latest WordPress?

Starbox has been tested up to WordPress 6.8.5. It requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.0+.

Is Starbox well supported?

Starbox has a 100% support resolution rate based on 1 recent support threads on WordPress.org.

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Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

Name: Starbox – the Author Box for Humans
Rating: 4.5 (203 reviews)
Author: SEO Squirrly

Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship

By SEO Squirrly·Users·Free

4.5(203 reviews)

·10K+ active installs·Updated 11 months ago

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As of April 2026, Starbox is a WordPress users plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 203 reviews. It has been downloaded 518K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: User Switching.

4.5/5203 reviews

10K+active installs

100%resolved

13 yearssince 2013

Overview

How Do I Get Support For This Plugin?
If you want more Social Icons and Premium Support, that also comes with High Priority, go to:

SUPPORT for Starbox Plugin

We added new features in the PRO version (see in the videos):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LkqPPQ6gaM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXSl09qzCw

We’ve added many options for our PRO users and the new highly visual themes will be the game changers you’ve waited for.

Starbox is the Author Box for Humans
While search engines and other software that read your site care about files like robots.txt, you need Human readers to actually engage with your content and fall in love with it.

Humans look at beauty more than anything else (as you most probably already know, men and women alike). That’s why you’ll get…

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Recent Reviews

Seems not compatible with WPML

by onico0·2 years ago

I love that plugin, but I’ll probably have to switch to another solution since I’d like to go multilingual. Unfortunately, Starbox doesn’t seem to be compatible with WPML. That’s unfortunate for Starbox lovers.

Pleasant and efficient.

by Maxime_13·2 years ago

Pleasant and efficient. Many thanks to the developers. Works well with php 8.1 and wp 6.2. Better than other free plugins 😉

Very good support

by ivanbel·3 years ago

Fisrt time that I see such a simple plugin to use, very convenient and easy for the settings. But the support is fantastic. I wanted to tweak a little bit, and immediately I received all the solutions.
Bravo !

Great

by sferwerda·3 years ago

Simple but great plugin

Perfect plugin

by madeinperpi·4 years ago

Easy to install and to take in hands, step by step