Choose between a byline and a reusable profile

The guest author workflow lets you replace a post’s standard author name with one or more names or other text. You can link a name to an author’s blog, add a description, and provide an email address for the Gravatar. Guest Author Name Premium keeps support for Gravatars and custom URLs, and adds reusable profiles for recurring contributors.

Save a guest author’s details for use across posts, upload an author image, and make guest author archives. You can assign guest authors to posts, pages, and supported custom posts. Sites moving an existing setup can use the conversion process from the free version.

Manage contributor credits across posts

Bulk editing helps update guest authors on multiple posts. Use coauthors when a piece credits more than one contributor, or filter posts by guest author to find content associated with a person. Guest authors and author information can also be included in searches for custom posts and authors.

Choose how author details appear

• Author box: Give contributor details a dedicated area.
• Author lists and grids: Use shortcodes to display guest authors in either layout.
• Individual details: Place an author name, link, or avatar with its shortcode.
• Elementor archives: Build guest author archive layouts with Elementor.

Set up guest author information

Install the plugin, then create or reuse a guest author. Add the available name, link, description, email, or image details and assign the author to posts, pages, or supported custom posts. For an existing website, run the free-version conversion process before applying author boxes, archives, filters, or shortcodes as needed. Select the coauthor option when a post credits multiple contributors.