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That’s why you’ll get an \u003Cstrong>Author Box that’s gorgeous to look at and it makes your readers click all the way through\u003C\u002Fstrong> to see more about the Authors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, if you have just yourself as an Author on your site, or a super-star team of Authors, you’ll love Starbox. You can \u003Cstrong>choose from the professionaly built themes and landscaping\u003C\u002Fstrong>. If you are the super-star type, or want to boost social proof, place your Author Box on top of the page, so that your Human readers will know that they’re reading stuff that a real awesome person has written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want the classy, bottom-of-the-page Author Box? You can choose that one as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if your star Authors want different things, satisfy their needs by allowing them to place their Author Box at the top or bottom, with the default theme, or a better looking one. You can make each of them shine in their own way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Social Profiles\u003C\u002Fstrong> of your writers will be obvious and clickable, getting you Humans that will engage with content on your blog and also on your social media streams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because your authors are stars or will be very soon, \u003Cstrong>Google Authorship and Facebook Authorship\u003C\u002Fstrong> are here for them with Starbox, and it’s just type->click->boom! to set up. Amazingly easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you afraid of having to spend too much time setting Starbox up? Don’t worry. You’re covered by our “For Humans” guarantee. With NO coding or complicated menus whatsoever, you’ll set your Author Box in a matter of minutes. And since we took a lot of care regarding all the coding, it will work well and you won’t have to worry about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll build up some good social proof, you’ll give your Human readers a sense of quality and they’ll be happy to return for more (which will help you with the search engines who track your site).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re doing the tech stuff on your site or want to know what Starbox’s inner workings are all about, here’s a list:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>HTML 5\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Google Microformats (vCard), to display Rich Snippets in google search results\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Easy to customize for each Author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You’ll get Google Authorship on your hands 🙂 For all your authors.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Have it work only on blog posts, only on pages, or both!\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Links to the social media profiles of your authors: Facebook, Twitter,  Google+, LinkedIN, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr, Youtube, Vimeo\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Each of your Authors can have a different set of social media profiles added\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Links to all the articles written by that author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>A section that displays the latest posts of a certain author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Themes to choose from\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Themes setup for each individual Author, to really make them shine\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You Can set the Name of the Author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You Can set the Job Title of each Author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Can set Company (with a link to the company’s site)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Each Author can make the Author Box look like it’s her own\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You can choose not to display it for certain authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Removes any other author box from the page, so that there aren’t duplicates\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Enables you to upload your own image (so that you won’t need a Gravatar)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Paragraphs in the Author Bio to have a better looking text\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Displays the Author Box in the special pages built for each author.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Special Pages for your authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Works even with sites that have woocommerce or other ecommerce plugins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add Starbox in your post’s content or wordpress widgets using the shortcode [starbox] or [starbox id=USER_ID]\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>So get your very own Starbox now:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Your Authors will become real Stars\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Your readers will notice the persons behind the articles better\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>It increases your social proof and credibility as an Author\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>It will increase the subscriber numbers across social media channels\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Your readers will feel like they know you better and feel a connection, so they’ll return more often\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You know that right now for Google it matters a lot that you have returning visitors (because it means your site is: quality)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You’ll get Google Authorship on your hands 🙂 For all your authors.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>Download it from the WordPress directory and try it out. Having an author box after posts will certainly increase engagement and help your authors grow their authority on the web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.",null,"\u003C=3.5.2","3.5.3","medium",6.4,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FPR:L\u002FUI:N\u002FS:C\u002FC:L\u002FI:L\u002FA:N","Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","2024-10-08 16:01:19",[47],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F830ac75b-708a-435c-8837-b79a2f41575c?source=api-prod",30,{"id":50,"url_slug":51,"title":52,"description":53,"plugin_slug":4,"theme_slug":38,"affected_versions":54,"patched_in_version":55,"severity":41,"cvss_score":56,"cvss_vector":57,"vuln_type":44,"published_date":58,"updated_date":59,"references":60,"days_to_patch":62},"CVE-2024-7955","starbox-the-author-box-for-humans-authenticated-admin-stored-cross-site-scripting","Starbox – the Author Box for Humans \u003C= 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.","\u003C=3.5.1","3.5.2",4.4,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:H\u002FPR:H\u002FUI:N\u002FS:C\u002FC:L\u002FI:L\u002FA:N","2024-08-20 00:00:00","2024-09-12 15:15:06",[61],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F210fd125-285d-4d07-bd39-b5ea222025ea?source=api-prod",24,{"id":64,"url_slug":65,"title":66,"description":67,"plugin_slug":4,"theme_slug":38,"affected_versions":68,"patched_in_version":69,"severity":41,"cvss_score":42,"cvss_vector":43,"vuln_type":44,"published_date":70,"updated_date":71,"references":72,"days_to_patch":74},"CVE-2024-1273","starbox-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting","Starbox \u003C= 3.4.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","\u003C=3.4.9","3.5.0","2024-02-13 00:00:00","2024-04-24 14:34:22",[73],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F9694fae8-dfe9-4e19-bebc-2f2a607cff82?source=api-prod",72,{"id":76,"url_slug":77,"title":78,"description":79,"plugin_slug":4,"theme_slug":38,"affected_versions":80,"patched_in_version":69,"severity":41,"cvss_score":42,"cvss_vector":43,"vuln_type":44,"published_date":81,"updated_date":82,"references":83,"days_to_patch":85},"CVE-2023-6806","starbox-authenticated-subscriber-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-job-settings","Starbox \u003C= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings","The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Settings user profile fields in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","\u003C=3.4.8","2024-02-06 00:00:00","2024-07-29 21:35:58",[84],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F1f413fc2-8543-4478-987d-d983581027bf?source=api-prod",175,{"id":87,"url_slug":88,"title":89,"description":90,"plugin_slug":4,"theme_slug":38,"affected_versions":80,"patched_in_version":69,"severity":41,"cvss_score":42,"cvss_vector":43,"vuln_type":44,"published_date":91,"updated_date":92,"references":93,"days_to_patch":95},"CVE-2024-0256","starbox-authenticated-subscriber-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-profile-display-name-and-social-settings","Starbox \u003C= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings","The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Profile Display Name and Social Settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","2024-01-31 00:00:00","2024-07-29 21:35:52",[94],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F0eafe473-9177-47c4-aa1e-2350cb827447?source=api-prod",181,{"id":97,"url_slug":98,"title":99,"description":100,"plugin_slug":4,"theme_slug":38,"affected_versions":101,"patched_in_version":102,"severity":41,"cvss_score":103,"cvss_vector":104,"vuln_type":105,"published_date":106,"updated_date":107,"references":108,"days_to_patch":110},"CVE-2024-0366","starbox-the-author-box-for-humans-insecure-direct-object-reference","Starbox – the Author Box for Humans \u003C= 3.4.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference","The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.7 via the action function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for subscribers to view plugin preferences and potentially other user settings.","\u003C=3.4.7","3.4.8",4.3,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FPR:L\u002FUI:N\u002FS:U\u002FC:L\u002FI:N\u002FA:N","Improper Access Control","2024-01-30 00:00:00","2024-07-29 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\u003Cstrong>Native WordPress Integration\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Add guest authors as easily as regular users—no technical hassle\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Dropdown selection in the post editor—just pick a name and go\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Full profiles with bios, avatars, and social links (no Gravatar required)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Custom fields for job titles, affiliations, or custom links\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>✨ \u003Cstrong>Seamless Frontend Display\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Auto-display in post bylines with linked names\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Author box compatibility—show guest bios alongside regular authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>SEO-optimized: Updates \u003Ccode>author\u003C\u002Fcode> meta tags for accurate attribution\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>⚡ \u003Cstrong>Premium Advantages\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Guest author archive pages (boost credibility with dedicated profiles)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>1-click user-to-guest conversion: Clean up unused accounts while preserving authorship\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Bulk edit & clone: Save time reusing guest profiles\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>REST API support: Integrate guest data with third-party tools\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Import\u002FExport tool for easy migrations\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 \u003Cstrong>Co-Authors – Flawless Multi-Author Attribution\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nCredit every contributor fairly—whether it’s joint articles, team projects, or collaborative content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>✨ \u003Cstrong>Effortless Collaboration\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Add unlimited co-authors via simple dropdown in the post editor\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Works seamlessly with both regular users and guest authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Drag-and-drop author ordering (control name display sequence)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>No taxonomy conflicts—cleaner than legacy plugins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>✨ \u003Cstrong>Automatic Frontend Display\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Smart bylines auto-update with all author names (e.g., “By John, Lisa & Max”)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Each name links to author pages (guest authors included)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Schema.org markup for proper multi-author SEO\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>⚡ \u003Cstrong>Premium Advantages\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Byline modifiers (add prefixes like “By” or suffixes like “et al.”)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>REST API support for headless WordPress setups\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Shortcodes to display co-author lists anywhere\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🚀 \u003Cstrong>1-Click Migration Tool – Switch Without Losing Data\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nSwitching from \u003Cem>Co-Authors Plus\u003C\u002Fem>, \u003Cem>PublishPress Authors\u003C\u002Fem>, or \u003Cem>One User Avatar\u003C\u002Fem>? \u003Cstrong>Import your existing author data with 1 click\u003C\u002Fstrong>! No manual work needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🔍 \u003Cstrong>Additional Premium Features\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nOnly available in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fwordpress-plugin-post-authors\" title=\"Click to explore all features\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Molongui Authorship Pro\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Author list. 4 different layouts, user role filter and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fwordpress-plugin-post-authors\u002Fauthor-list\u002F\" title=\"Learn more\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">more\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>List of posts by author. 5 different layouts, pagination and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fmolongui_author_posts\u002F\" title=\"Learn more\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">more\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Allow visitors to search content by author name. Learn \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fwordpress-plugin-post-authors\u002Fsearch-by-author-name\u002F\" title=\"Learn more\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">more\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Disable author pages for registered WordPress users\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add a post byline anywhere via shortcode. Useful if your theme does not show a byline for your posts\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Retrieve author information via shortcode. Very useful to use with page builders. Learn more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fmolongui-authorship-available-shortcodes\u002F\" title=\"Click to see available shortcodes\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">here\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>💡 \u003Cstrong>Ready to enhance your authorship experience?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nCompare \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002F#free-vs-pro\" title=\"Features comparison\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Free vs Pro\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdemos.molongui.com\u002Ftest-drive-molongui-authorship-pro\u002F\" title=\"Click to try the Molongui Authorship Pro\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Try Pro\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fsupport\u002F\" title=\"Click to open a support ticket with us\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Get Support\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tidiochat.com\u002Fchat\u002Ffoioudbu7xqepgvwseufnvhcz6wkp7am\" title=\"Click to live chat with us\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Live Chat\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This plugin uses a third-party service to enable live chat communication with our support team, exclusively for administrators in the backend. You can disable this service via the plugin settings page. For more information about the live chat \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tidio.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">service provider\u003C\u002Fa> review their \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tidio.com\u002Fprivacy-policy\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">privacy policy\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tidio.com\u002Fterms\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">terms\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","All-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.",573169,157,"2026-02-16T09:25:00.000Z","6.9.4","5.2","5.6.20",[21,22,135,136,23],"co-authors","guest-author","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.molongui.com\u002Fwordpress-plugin-post-authors","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fmolongui-authorship.zip",99,"2024-03-28 00:00:00",{"slug":142,"name":143,"version":144,"author":145,"author_profile":146,"description":147,"short_description":148,"active_installs":149,"downloaded":150,"rating":29,"num_ratings":29,"last_updated":151,"tested_up_to":131,"requires_at_least":132,"requires_php":152,"tags":153,"homepage":156,"download_link":157,"security_score":158,"vuln_count":159,"unpatched_count":29,"last_vuln_date":160,"fetched_at":31},"authorsy","Authorsy – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Post Rating","1.0.7","themeplugs","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fthemeplugs\u002F","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Authorsy\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a complete \u003Cstrong>WordPress author box plugin\u003C\u002Fstrong> that helps you showcase your writers with style. Display author profiles, bios, photos, and social links at the end of your posts. Highlight single or multiple authors, support guest authors, and engage readers with post rating options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect for \u003Cstrong>blogs, magazines, multi-author sites, or collaborative content\u003C\u002Fstrong>, Authorsy lets you build trust with your audience while giving credit to every contributor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>👉 \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproduct.themewinter.com\u002Fauthorsy\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Live Demo\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemewinter.com\u002Fauthorsy\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Buy Pro\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.themewinter.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fplugins\u002Fdocs\u002Fauthorsy\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Documentation\u003C\u002Fa> | \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.loopedin.io\u002Fauthorsy\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Roadmaps\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>🎯 Why Use Authorsy?\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Showcase \u003Cstrong>professional author profiles\u003C\u002Fstrong> with bios, photos, and social links.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add \u003Cstrong>multiple authors or guest authors\u003C\u002Fstrong> to posts.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Improve \u003Cstrong>engagement with author recognition and post ratings.\u003C\u002Fstrong>  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Fully customizable to match your \u003Cstrong>theme and branding.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>✅ Free Features\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Custom Author Profiles\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Add bios, profile photos, and social links.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Box Widget\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Display at the end of posts or pages.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Multiple Authors Support\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Assign more than one author to a post.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Guest Authors\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Let external writers contribute without WP accounts.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Customization Options\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Change colors, layouts, and styles.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Shortcodes\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Insert author info anywhere.  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>🌟 Authorsy Pro Features\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Available only in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemewinter.com\u002Fauthorsy\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Authorsy Pro\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Author Box on Hover  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>More Author Box Layouts  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Custom Post Type Support  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Extra Bio Fields  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Custom Styles and Position (before\u002Fafter content)  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Like \u002F Dislike Voting Box  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Post Rating Restrictions (IP, Cookie, Logged-in)  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Voting Reports and Analytics  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Social Share for Positive Feedback  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Private Feedback for Negative Feedback  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Top Voted Posts Block  \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n","Authorsy is a powerful WordPress author box plugin. Add customizable author profiles, multiple authors, guest authors, bios, social links, and post ra …",1000,16112,"2025-12-25T17:52:00.000Z","7.3",[21,22,154,155,23],"author-profile","guest-authors","https:\u002F\u002Fthemeplugs.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fauthorsy.1.0.7.zip",98,2,"2026-02-03 00:00:00",{"slug":162,"name":163,"version":164,"author":165,"author_profile":166,"description":167,"short_description":168,"active_installs":169,"downloaded":170,"rating":171,"num_ratings":172,"last_updated":173,"tested_up_to":131,"requires_at_least":17,"requires_php":174,"tags":175,"homepage":177,"download_link":178,"security_score":139,"vuln_count":159,"unpatched_count":29,"last_vuln_date":179,"fetched_at":31},"simple-author-box","Simple Author Box","2.59","WebFactory","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fwebfactory\u002F","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwpauthorbox.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Simple Author Box\u003C\u002Fa> adds a responsive author box at the end of your posts, showing the author name, author gravatar and author description – author bio. It also adds over 30 social profile fields on WordPress user profile screen, allowing to display the author social icons in the author box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Main Features\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Shows author gravatar, name, website, description (author bio) and social icons\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Fully customizable to match your theme design (style, color, size and text options)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Nice looking on desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile phones\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Automatically insert the author box at the end of your post\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to manually insert the author box on your template file (single.php or author.php)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Simple Author Box has RTL support\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Simple Author Box has AMP support\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Great for guest posts, and guest authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>GDPR compatible Bunny Fonts\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Simple Author Box Pro Features\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Premium features only available in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwpauthorbox.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Simple Author Box Pro\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Change author box position to before\u002Fafter content\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose whether the author’s name should link to its website\u002Fpage\u002Fnone\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select where to show author box on\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add rotate effect on author avatar hover\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to open author website link in a new tab\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to add “nofollow” attribute on author website link\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose the author website’s position: right\u002Fleft\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Social icons type, style, rotate effect, shadow effect, thin border\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to change the color palette\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose the font and font sizes for the author’s job title, website, name, and description\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Enable guest authors and co-authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to use guest authors as co-authors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Top authors widget – displays the most popular authors based of comments\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Simple author box widget – displays the users selected\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwpauthorbox.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Read more\u003C\u002Fa> about the Simple Author Box advanced features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>GDPR Compatibility\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>We are not lawyers. Please do not take any of the following as legal advice.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nSimple Author Box does not track, collect or process any user data. If you opt to use Bunny Fonts they will be loaded from a 3rd party CDN. In that case user data will be processed according to their terms of service. Based on that, we feel it’s GDPR compatible, but again, please, don’t take this as legal advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Add a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!",80000,1645110,86,113,"2025-12-03T20:03:00.000Z","5.6",[21,22,154,176,136],"author-social-icons","https:\u002F\u002Fwpauthorbox.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fsimple-author-box.2.59.zip","2023-07-24 00:00:00",{"slug":181,"name":182,"version":183,"author":184,"author_profile":185,"description":186,"short_description":187,"active_installs":188,"downloaded":189,"rating":190,"num_ratings":191,"last_updated":192,"tested_up_to":16,"requires_at_least":193,"requires_php":194,"tags":195,"homepage":198,"download_link":199,"security_score":139,"vuln_count":200,"unpatched_count":29,"last_vuln_date":201,"fetched_at":31},"co-authors-plus","Co-Authors Plus","3.7.0","Automattic","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fautomattic\u002F","\u003Cp>Assign multiple bylines to posts, pages, and custom post types via a search-as-you-type input box. Co-authored posts appear on a co-author’s archive page and in their feed. Co-authors may edit the posts they are associated with, and co-authors who are contributors may only edit posts if they have not been published (as is core behavior).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add writers as bylines without creating WordPress user accounts. Simply \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FAutomattic\u002FCo-Authors-Plus\u002Fwiki\u002FCreating-and-editing-guest-authors\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">create a guest author profile\u003C\u002Fa> for the writer and assign the byline as you normally would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the frontend, use the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FAutomattic\u002FCo-Authors-Plus\u002Fwiki\u002FTemplate-tags\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Co-Authors Plus template tags\u003C\u002Fa> to list co-authors anywhere you’d normally list the author.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>For more detailed documentation refer to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FAutomattic\u002FCo-Authors-Plus\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">the GitHub Wiki for this plugin\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Co-Authors Plus is an almost complete rewrite of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fco-authors\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Co-Authors\u003C\u002Fa> plugin originally developed by Weston Ruter (2007). The original plugin was inspired by the ‘\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftxfx.net\u002F2005\u002F08\u002F16\u002Fnew-plugin-multiple-authors\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Multiple Authors\u003C\u002Fa>‘ plugin by Mark Jaquith (2005).\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Assign multiple bylines to posts, pages, and custom post types with a search-as-you-type input box.",20000,1437154,70,77,"2025-10-20T05:08:00.000Z","5.9","7.4",[196,135,197,23,24],"authors","multi-author","https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fco-authors-plus\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fco-authors-plus.3.7.0.zip",1,"2022-06-07 00:00:00",{"slug":203,"name":204,"version":205,"author":206,"author_profile":207,"description":208,"short_description":209,"active_installs":188,"downloaded":210,"rating":158,"num_ratings":211,"last_updated":212,"tested_up_to":131,"requires_at_least":213,"requires_php":214,"tags":215,"homepage":217,"download_link":218,"security_score":115,"vuln_count":219,"unpatched_count":29,"last_vuln_date":220,"fetched_at":31},"publishpress-authors","Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors","4.13.0","PublishPress","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fpublishpress\u002F","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpublishpress.com\u002Fauthors\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">PublishPress Authors\u003C\u002Fa> allows you to create, manage and display authors for all your WordPress content. The plugin provides author boxes that can display one author, coauthors, multiple authors or even guest authors. The boxes have the author bio, name, avatar, description and more. You can also place the author boxes in widgets, shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here are the some most important features of PublishPress Authors:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Boxes\u003C\u002Fstrong>. As soon as you install PublishPress Authors, you’ll see an author box under every post. You can add all the profile details you need for each author.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Multiple Authors\u003C\u002Fstrong>. By default, WordPress only allows one author per post. PublishPress Authors allows you to add an unlimited number of authors to each post. This is very useful if you have a busy site and need to manage and give credit to coauthors.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Guest Authors\u003C\u002Fstrong>. You can create two types of Guest Authors. You can add authors to a new “Guest Author” user role, or add them without a connected account.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Categories\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Categorize your authors as Coauthors, Reviews, Editors, Photographers, and more.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Fields\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Customize the user details for each author with fields for social media, job details, and more.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Lists\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Create a custom display of all your authors. You can sort, order, and filter to show only the authors you want.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Author Pages\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Showcase the work of each individual author with customizable author pages where you decide which post information is displayed.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>PublishPress Authors Pro\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Upgrade to Authors Pro\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\n  This plugin is the free version of the PublishPress Authors plugin. The Pro version comes with all the features you need to create beautiful and useful author profiles. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpublishpress.com\u002Fauthors\" title=\"Authors Pro\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress author box plugin now!\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Ch3>Author Boxes\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>PublishPress Authors gives you multiple ways to show author profiles. You can display authors under your content, in a widget, using shortcodes and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Author Boxes feature in PublishPress Authors provides five default layouts. You can use these layouts, customize them or click “New Author Box” and create your own layouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpublishpress.com\u002Fknowledge-base\u002Fcustomize-author-boxes\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Click here to see how to customize author boxes\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the frontend of your site. 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