Top Authors
A highly customizable widget that allows you to display the top authors of your website easily.
4.7(6 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Top Authors is a WordPress list plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: List category posts.
4.7/56 reviews
100active installs
19K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Top authors allows yoy to list your top authors with plenty of options. You can set the following in each widget:
- Widget title
- Roles to exclude
- Post types to include
- Authors to show
- 4 Preset display templates
- Custom display template that allows you to create a completely custom structure and modify the output before and after the list.
- Archive (category/tag/taxonomy) specific author lists
For a more detailed description of how you can set up custom author lists take a look at the other notes section. The plugin also has some developer friendly features, take a look at the other notes section for more.
Thanks
- Seb Van Dijk for donating this plugin to me for free, I owe you one 🙂
- Font Awesome for the plugin icon
Usage
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5.0+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.11 (2015-06-10)
- Prevented warning from appearing if there were no posts in the main query
Contributors
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