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Guest Author

Guest Author

Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.

4.1

Rating summary

12

Reviews

7K

Active installations

Guest Author
Guest Author

Overview

Compatibility

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Guest authors as regular authors

Custom avatar image upload

Link to custom author page

Ideal for guest posts

About this plugin

Author: WebFactory
Categories: Content Management
Version: 2.5
Last updated: 16-07-2024
WordPress version: 4.6
Tested up to: 6.6
PHP version required: 5.2.4
Languages: العربية, Deutsch [+5]
Learning resources: View resources

Overview

The plugin allows users to add a guest author to any post without requiring guest authors to register on the site. It functions as though guest authors were regular contributors, offering features such as custom avatar uploads and the ability to link to a dedicated guest author page. This is particularly useful for managing guest posts seamlessly. For those seeking more versatile author boxes with additional features, the complimentary Simple Author Box plugin is also recommended.

Behaves as if guest authors were regular authors

  • Guest authors can be added without registration
  • Seamless integration with existing author functionality

Upload your own avatar image instead of using Gravatar

  • Customizable avatar images
  • No dependency on external services like Gravatar

Link to a custom page for the guest author

  • Direct readers to a specific page for more information
  • Enhances guest author visibility and credibility

Perfect for guest posts

  • Ideal for sites that frequently feature guest authors
  • Simplifies the process of adding guest content

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

Automatic and Manual Display

Allows both automatic and manual placement of content.

Different Layouts

Offers multiple layout options for displaying content.

Fully Customizable

Provides extensive customization options for users.

Structured Data

Supports structured data for better search engine indexing.

Translatable and Customizable Strings

Allows translation and customization of text strings.

Guest & Co-authors Support

Enables support for guest authors and co-authors.

Post Category Conditional Display

Displays content conditionally based on post categories.

Advanced Settings for Related Posts

Offers advanced configuration options for related posts.

Encode sensitive data to avoid SPAM bots

Encodes sensitive data to protect against spam bots.

SEO Settings

Includes settings to optimize content for search engines.

Third Party Shortcodes Support

Supports shortcodes from third-party plugins.

Shortcode available

Provides a shortcode for easy content insertion.

Author Without Account

Allows content creation by authors without an account.

Byline Integration

Integrates bylines for author attribution.

Quick & Bulk Edit

Enables quick and bulk editing of content.

5-site license

Lifetime support and updates for 5 websites

Pricing

Free

$0 / free

Plan includes

Automatic and Manual Display
Different Layouts
Fully Customizable
Structured Data
Translatable and Customizable Strings
Guest & Co-authors Support
Post Category Conditional Display
Advanced Settings for Related Posts
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Agency Lifetime

$490 / lifetime

Plan includes

5-site license
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Rating and reviews

4.1

Rating summary

12

Reviews

7K

Active installations

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Jin-Liang, Lin

Jin-Liang, Lin

30 Dec, 2022

My site use the themes “Twenty Twenty-Two”. Custom URLs will not appear on the name.
gunawan004

gunawan004

06 Oct, 2022

Its good, but didnt save the guest data so i have to write the same data over and over again This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by gunawan004. This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by gunawan004.
dhirajshah

dhirajshah

29 Aug, 2022

They don’t test their plugin with the best/higest selling premium themes, so they have zero clue if their plugin with work with those themes or not. They just blindly hope that their plugin works and if it doesn’t, it’s the Theme’s fault only.
inspired888

inspired888

05 Jul, 2022

I am mostly writing this review to counter what was written here: crudoadmin — March 5, 2021 — Its a piece of junk In my experience, the URL, Description and Avatar boxes are only greyed out if you haven’t yet added an Author Name. If that first field (Name) is empty, then the other fields are disabled. This is to prevent people adding data to those other fields without providing an author name. Makes perfect sense to me. I suspect “crudoadmin” might not have taken the time to really test out what was going on. As for the plug-in itself … works well. Out theme was even able to pull in the image, URL, and description (in the same way it pulls in the image, URL, and Bio from a registered user/author). Which means this plug-in is storing that info in standard WordPress fields, as opposed to making something up (which was the case with the Simply Guest Author plug-in, which we had to ditch for that very reason).
crudoadmin

crudoadmin

04 Mar, 2021

It only allows to change Author to Guest and ad a name to the author, but it does not allow to add an Avatar (it’s greyed out) nor a url (it’s also greyed out) and in the post the “guest Author” name is not shown correctly but instead it shows the website’s admin user.

FAQ

How to disable this plugin?

Will it slow my site down?

How can I report security bugs?

Can I upload a custom avatar for guest authors?

Do guest authors need to be registered users?

Can I link to a custom page for the guest author?

Is this plugin suitable for guest posts?

Where can I find more options for author boxes?