תיאור

Properly credit authors & contributors—quickly, easily, and hassle-free.
The all-in-one authorship plugin for WordPress: show bios, add co-authors, credit guests, and boost SEO.

Tired of jumping through hoops to properly attribute authors? Molongui Authorship makes it effortless to showcase contributors—whether they're registered users, guests, or co-authors.

✅ Author Box – Beautiful, customizable bios with social links
✅ Guest Authors – Credit guest writers without creating user accounts
✅ Co-Authors – Add multiple authors to a single post with seamless byline integration

🚀 Switching from another plugin? Import data in 1 click from Co-Authors Plus, PublishPress Authors, and One User Avatar.

✔️ Add author boxes with bios and social links
✔️ Credit guest authors without user accounts
✔️ Add co-authors to any post or page
✔️ Boost author credibility and SEO
✔️ Seamless 1-click migration from other plugins

Key Features

🛠 Author Box – Your Authors, Elevated
Transform how authors are presented with the most customizable, engagement-boosting author box for WordPress.

✨ Pixel-Perfect Customization

Multiple pre-designed templates

Different layouts (boxed, minimalist, tabbed, inline)

Live preview editor with real-time styling

Mobile-optimized responsive design

Custom CSS panel for unlimited tweaks

✨ Author Profiles That Engage

90+ social icons (including emerging platforms)

"Related Posts" section to boost engagement

Guest and co-author compatibility

✨ Context-Smart Display

Automatic placement before/after content

Customizable headings ("About the Author", "Meet the Expert", etc.)

Schema markup for Google rich snippets and improved Google E-E-A-T

AMP/RTL support for broader compatibility

⚡ Premium Advantages

Additional premium layouts

Dynamic bios with rich text, media, HTML tags, and third party shortcodes support

30+ extra niche social icons

Advanced conditional logic (user roles, tags, etc.)

Custom post type support

Shortcode to display the author box wherever

👥 Guest Authors – Credit Contributors Without the Clutter
Give proper attribution without creating unnecessary user accounts—ideal for one-time contributors, interviewees, or guest bloggers.

✨ Native WordPress Integration

Add guest authors as easily as regular users—no technical hassle

Dropdown selection in the post editor—just pick a name and go

Full profiles with bios, avatars, and social links (no Gravatar required)

Custom fields for job titles, affiliations, or custom links

✨ Seamless Frontend Display

Auto-display in post bylines with linked names

Author box compatibility—show guest bios alongside regular authors

SEO-optimized: Updates author meta tags for accurate attribution

⚡ Premium Advantages

Guest author archive pages (boost credibility with dedicated profiles)

1-click user-to-guest conversion: Clean up unused accounts while preserving authorship

Bulk edit & clone: Save time reusing guest profiles

REST API support: Integrate guest data with third-party tools

Import/Export tool for easy migrations

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Co-Authors – Flawless Multi-Author Attribution
Credit every contributor fairly—whether it's joint articles, team projects, or collaborative content.

✨ Effortless Collaboration

Add unlimited co-authors via simple dropdown in the post editor

Works seamlessly with both regular users and guest authors

Drag-and-drop author ordering (control name display sequence)

No taxonomy conflicts—cleaner than legacy plugins

✨ Automatic Frontend Display

Smart bylines auto-update with all author names (e.g., "By John, Lisa & Max")

Each name links to author pages (guest authors included)

Schema.org markup for proper multi-author SEO

⚡ Premium Advantages

Byline modifiers (add prefixes like "By" or suffixes like "et al.")

REST API support for headless WordPress setups

Shortcodes to display co-author lists anywhere

🚀 1-Click Migration Tool – Switch Without Losing Data
Switching from Co-Authors Plus, PublishPress Authors, or One User Avatar? Import your existing author data with 1 click! No manual work needed.

🔍 Additional Premium Features
Only available in Molongui Authorship Pro.

Author list. 4 different layouts, user role filter and more

List of posts by author. 5 different layouts, pagination and more

Allow visitors to search content by author name. Learn more

Disable author pages for registered WordPress users

Add a post byline anywhere via shortcode. Useful if your theme does not show a byline for your posts

Retrieve author information via shortcode. Very useful to use with page builders. Learn more here

💡 Ready to enhance your authorship experience?
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צילומי מסך

Author Box – Just a sample of the infinite looks you can design
Author Box – Yet another sample of a beautiful design for your author box
Author Box – You may want to hide author links and author meta
Author Box – You can play around with the box borders to design something different than what you see on other websites
Author Box – Optionally, add a header to the author box
Author Box – Tabbed layout. All styling is customizable
Author Box – Tabbed layout. Tabs placed on the left and social icons on the right
Author Box – Stacked layout showing related author posts at the same time
Author Box – Yet another example of how customizable is the author box. Isn't it awesome?
Author Box – Slim design. Make your author box look like a post byline!
Author Box – Display author's name acronym for those authors who doesn't have a profile image
Author Box – Just another example of another design you can do
Author Box – Go creative and design awesome author boxes with custom CSS
Author Box – Responsive view of the author box
Co-Authors – One post, multiple authors. See how post byline displays all authors name and how they link to their author pages
Co-Authors – The author box displays all post authors bio. You decide whether to display all of them in a single author box or in separate boxes
Co-Authors – Author pages display co-authored posts too
Guest Author – Add as many guest authors as you need without creating an account for them.
Guest Author – Adding an author for your posts is as easy as picking their name from a dropdown list in your edit post screen
Default WordPress author picker is replaced with an easy-to-use dropdown select. Pick as many authors as people worked in the post and order how they must be displayed just by drag and drop
[PRO feature] Display a beautiful author list. Different layouts, author filtering and pagination available
[PRO feature] Replace your boring bylines with a custom design that wow your readers
[PRO feature] Give visitors more relevant search results and a better user experience allowing them to search content by author display name
[PRO feature] 1-click user to guest author and guest author to user converter

התקנה

Automatic Plugin Installation

To install this plugin using the built-in plugin installer:

Go to: Plugins > Add New
Type in Molongui Authorship in the Search box
Click on the Install Now button
The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install
If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions

Manual Plugin Installation

To install the plugin manually:

Download the plugin to your computer
Extract the plugin folder to your desktop
With your FTP program, upload the extracted plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins/ folder in your WordPress directory
Go to Plugins screen and find the newly uploaded plugin in the list
Click on Activate link to activate it

If you need further assistance, please, read the Installing Plugins article on the WordPress documentation or write us an email so we can assist you.

דרישות

In order to run, Molongui Authorship requires:

PHP version 5.6.20 or greater. Considering WordPress recommends it to be 7.4 or greater, this should not be a problem.
WordPress 5.2 or later.

שאלות נפוצות

Will Molongui Authorship work with my theme?

Yes. Molongui Authorship is compatible with any theme. You may face some issues though, like the author box not having a style you configured or the author pages not listing co-authored posts. In such cases, you can open a support ticket with us and we will look into it to find a compatibility fix.

Can I use Molongui Authorship with Elementor, Divi and other page builders?

Yes.

Where is the author box displayed?

By default, the author box is added at the bottom of all your posts. However, Molongui Authorship provides you plenty of display options to change that. You can change the location to make it display at the top of the post content, hide it on some posts or disable the automatic display so you can decide on which handpicked posts it must be shown. The Pro version of the plugin allows you to hide the author box based on the post category.

Can I display the author box on a page?

Yes. Unlike other author box plugins, Molongui Authorship allows you to show the author box on both posts and pages. To be able to display the author box on pages, go to Authors > Settings > Author Box and find the Display panel. There you can configure Molongui Authorship to automatically display the author box on pages.

Can I use Molongui Authorship on custom post types?

Yes. You need the Pro version of the plugin to enjoy the features on custom post types.

I have two author boxes. How can I hide one?

The second author box might be a theme feature and you will need to turn it off from your theme's options screen, or hide it with custom CSS. Please refer to this support article to know how to proceed. If that doesn't help, you can open a support ticket with us so we can assist.

Where are all the available social networks? I can't see them all…

To avoid clutter the edit screen, some social networks are not displayed by default. To configure which networks to display, go to Authors > Settings > More and find the Social Networks panel. There you can pick the ones you need.

Why some social media profiles are premium options?

Those social media networks which are intended for business and professional networking are only available in the Pro version of the plugin.

Where can I find documentation and user guides?

For help setting up and configuring this plugin, please refer to our documentation.

How do I get support?

We're following the threads on this plugin public Support Forum and based on them we always try to build up new and better implementations for the plugin.

To help us answer questions as quickly as possible please ensure you provide:

A link to your site so we can view issues, especially important for issues around appearance of your website
Screenshots
Environment Report: This can give us a lot of very useful information. Navigate to Authors > Help! and scroll down to the bottom of the page. There you will see a panel labeled as **System Status Report System Status**, jsut press the Send Report button.

Paying Pro Customers

If you have purchased a Pro plugin at molongui.com, you can get help faster opening a support ticket using this link. As a Pro Customer, you get Premium Support which comes with priority over requests on this plugin public Support Forum.

How can I say thanks?

You can say thank you by leaving us a review here. Or you can give back by recommending this amazing plugin to your friends!

סקירות

kaitlinamalthea 4 במרץ 2025 1 reply

The plugin has real human supporters who are knowledgable and kind and helpful. With all the AI stuff in the world right now, this makes such an incredible difference. Thanks so much to the support team!!

evisionarts 26 בפברואר 2025 1 reply

I am a wordpress developer and I use Molongui across multiple sites. It is easy to set up and use and if there are any issues (which is rare) the support is amazingly fast. I reccomend Molongui to all my clients. It's simply the best.

cmenglish 27 בינואר 2025 1 reply

I submitted a support ticket Friday afternoon and had a reply within the hour and a fix Monday morning with follow-ups to verify everything was working properly again. Molongui are among the top tier of WP plugin support.

Catalin Dumitru 21 בנובמבר 2024 1 reply

The best support ever, with a fast response and collaborative effort to find a solution.

altimac 2 בספטמבר 2024 1 reply

I am using the Pro version of the plugin on a site running the Newspaper theme from TagDiv, which is essentially a badly-coded mess with a proprietary page builder that makes WP Bakery look good by comparison. Molongui's support site actually informs users that there are only three WordPress themes, out of 30,000 or more, that their plugin has issues with, one of those being Newspaper and their cloud templates library. As I had bought the plugin prior to realizing this, I reported the problems I immediately experienced to Molongui support and then came across their info about compatibility. My experience in working with WordPress for the last eight years or so, is that with any other plugin that was upfront about which themes it was incompatible with, I would either have been told to switch to a different theme that adheres to WordPress coding standards and best practices, and/or perhaps been offered a refund. Instead, John, one of the developers, literally spent hours on our staging site basically hacking his own plugin to work around all the Newspaper theme's shortcomings. It's very rare to experience this level of support, even when the problems are with the developer's own code, much less with someone else's, and I would say the support deserves around 6.5 stars, were that an option.

John 15 ביולי 2024 6 replies

This is a great plugin, but the problem arose when the author post count stopped after the last update, it needs to be fixed. Moreover, Author Posts and Author Bio tabs have disappeared. Overall performance is satisfactory.

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5.1.0 (2025-04-28)

Added: Setup wizard to guide users through initial configuration.
Added: UI migration tool for transferring authors and authorship data from the Co-Authors Plus plugin.
Added: UI migration tool for transferring authors and authorship data from the PublishPress Authors plugin.
Added: UI migration tool for importing user avatars from the One User Avatar plugin.
Added: WP-CLI command to migrate authors and authorship data from the Co-Authors Plus plugin.
Added: WP-CLI command to migrate authors and authorship data from the PublishPress Authors plugin.
Added: WP-CLI command to migrate user avatars from the One User Avatar plugin.
Added: Filters to exclude registered users and guest authors from post author search results.
Fixed: Post count updater now updates post counts correctly.
Changed: Replaced Add New wording with Add {Item} in line with WordPress standards.
Changed: Replaced View All wording with View {Items} in line with WordPress standards.
Changed: Updated framework files to v3.4.0.
Changed: Added compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
Changed: Updated plugin description in readme.txt.

5.0.15 (2025-03-11)

Fixed: Co-authored posts are now listed when using Elementor's Posts widget with the author filter.
Fixed: Fatal error caused by missing quotes when the Jetpack plugin was active.

5.0.14 (2025-02-11)

Added: Filter to customize attributes for the author avatar <img> element.

5.0.13 (2025-02-11)

Added: Threads as author social profile option.
Added: Bluesky as author social profile option.
Added: Strava as author social profile option.
Added: Facebook Messenger as author social profile option.
Added: Flipboard Messenger as author social profile option.
Added: QQ as author social profile option.
Added: IMDb as author social profile option.
Fixed: Post byline now omits the co-authors count when configured not to display co-authors.
Fixed: Required Block Editor scripts are now loaded exclusively on the edit post screen.

5.0.12 (2025-02-06)

Fixed: Incorrect author meta information displayed in the author box when profile fields are missing.

5.0.11 (2025-02-04)

Fixed: Post byline now shows additional co-authors count.

5.0.10 (2025-01-30)

Fixed: Author box now displayed when using custom Divi Builder templates for posts.
Fixed: Co-authored posts are now listed on the author page when using Elementor's Loop Grid widget.

5.0.9 (2025-01-27)

Fixed: Error when updating post counters after changing a post's author.
Fixed: Backend author list now displays post counts correctly.
Fixed: Co-authors can now edit posts they are assigned to when using the Block Editor.
Fixed: Author box no longer displays twice on certain themes.
Fixed: Replaced deprecated filters with new equivalents to prevent warning messages.
Deprecated: The authorship/author/get_posts/args filter. Scheduled for removal in version 5.2.0.
Removed: Long-deprecated functions, actions, and filters.

5.0.8 (2025-01-21)

Fixed: Author box no longer shows draft posts as related posts.

5.0.7 (2025-01-18)

Fixed: Author box styling now appears correctly when using block themes.

5.0.6 (2025-01-17)

Fixed: Author search box not displaying all matching results.
Changed: Optimized retrieval of post counts.

5.0.5 (2025-01-15)

Fixed: Non-static method is_display_name_available() called statically.
Fixed: Unsupported operand types in increment_counter.
Fixed: Unsupported operand types in decrement_counter.
Fixed: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in increment_counter.
Fixed: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in decrement_counter.

5.0.4 (2025-01-15)

Fixed: Author box not displaying on custom post templates by the Divi Builder.

5.0.3 (2025-01-14)

Fixed: Author box being displayed regardless of plugin configuration.
Fixed: Incorrect post count computed for authors.

5.0.2 (2025-01-14)

Fixed: Default settings are now initialized upon plugin activation.

5.0.1 (2025-01-14)

Fixed: PHP warning for undefined array key author_box_avatar_fallback
Fixed: PHP warning for undefined array key guest_author_enabled
Fixed: PHP warning for undefined array key guest_pages

5.0.0 (2025-01-14)

Added: Ability to customize the order of social profiles.
Added: Ready-to-use templates for the author box.
Added: Dummy author data for author box preview.
Added: Row action to update posts counts for users and guest authors.
Added: Bulk action to update posts counts for selected users and guest authors.
Added: Option to hide the author name on the author box.
Added: Option to run custom PHP on the Dashboard.
Added: Ability to customize the position and icon of the 'Authors' menu.
Enhanced: Compatibility with the Newspaper theme.
Enhanced: Compatibility with the Reusable Content Blocks plugin.
Fixed: Custom CSS styles not loading correctly.
Fixed: Incorrect query argument value.
Fixed: Author search box could not find authors containing dots or spaces in their names.
Fixed: Acronym author box avatars not displaying letters centered correctly.
Changed: Redesigned plugin settings page.
Changed: Replaced the author dropdown with a search-as-you-type input in the Author Box Editor.
Changed: Switched the JavaScript library used for search-as-you-type suggestions.
Changed: Improved responsiveness by using native CSS properties, removing JavaScript-based solutions.
Changed: Updated framework files to version 3.3.0.
Changed: Added compatibility with WordPress 6.7.
Removed: The option to hide HTML elements on the frontend. Use 'Custom CSS' instead.
Removed: The option to load plugin vendor assets from a remote CDN. To enable remote loading, use the 'authorship/assets/load_remote' filter.
Dev: Major code refactor.
Dev: Removed 'get_byline' helper function.
Dev: Removed 'get_post_authors' helper function.

4.9.7 (2024-08-29)

Added filter to control the separator used before each author meta item
Fixed PHP warning on undefined property
Fixed issue with the Molongui Post Contributors plugin

4.9.6 (2024-08-01)

Editors can now quickly add guest authors from the post edit screen
Fixed related posts toggle not showing when using the "slim" layout for the author box
Enhanced compatibility with the jNews theme
Updated framework files to version 3.1.0

4.9.5 (2024-07-09)

Fixed load time impact on the post list screen for installations with over 5,000 authors
Added WordPress 6.6 compatibility

4.9.4 (2024-07-03)

Added 'WeChat' social network
Fixed PHP warning regarding dynamic property

4.9.3 (2024-06-24)

Fixed users with the 'contributor' user role not being selectable as post author
Removed the 'edit_posts' capability requirement to be eligible as post author
Enhanced compatibility with the Molongui Post Contributors plugin

4.9.2 (2024-06-20)

The email field is not required any more for quick-adding guest authors from the edit-post screen
Fixed javascript conflict when editing a post using the old/classic WordPress editor

4.9.1 (2024-06-17)

Fixed missing author bio on author pages
Enhanced compatibility with the Jannah theme
Updated framework files to version 3.0.3

4.9.0 (2024-06-13)

Reduced number of queries
Redesigned post author selector
Refactored some code
Improved some messages readability

4.8.6 (2024-06-03)

Fixed some data sanitization
Fixed misleading debug message
Updated framework files to version 3.0.2

4.8.5 (2024-05-31)

Enhanced compatibility with the Avada theme
Fixed issue with mailto links in the author box

4.8.4 (2024-05-20)

Fixed deprecated function returning void

4.8.3 (2024-05-20)

Fixed quick edit hanging on saving
Fixed typo in constant name

4.8.2 (2024-05-15)

Fixed missing author validation

4.8.1 (2024-05-14)

Fixed debug messages showing in browser console

4.8.0 (2024-05-14)

Added option to allow non-privileged users to publish content on behalf of others
Added option to disable guest author translations for Polylang
Fixed issues with the authors assigned to a post
Fixed email icons in the author box not working properly
Fixed break line as separator for the author meta not working
Fixed some PHP warnings
Minor code refactor
Updated plugin bootstrap
Updated framework files to version 3.0.0
Raised min PHP supported version to 5.6.20… come on
Added WordPress 6.5 compatibility

See changelog for all versions here.