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Guest Author
v2.62
Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.
by WebFactory · Website
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- Rank
- #3,001 24h 2 · 7d 1
- Est. installs
- 5,891 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 82K all time
- Rating
- 4.2 ★ 13 reviews
- Official installs
- 5,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
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Last release
- Version
- 2.62
- Requires WP
- 4.6
- Requires PHP
- 5.2.4
- On WP.org since
- 2018
About Guest Author
Guest Author is a WordPress plugin by WebFactory, first published on WordPress.org in 2018. It has 5,000+ active installations and 81,544 downloads in total, and ranks #3,001 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 1 place. Users rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 13 reviews. Version 2.62 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 4.6 and PHP 5.2.4 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (100%). It is listed under author, guest, guest author, guest post and post author. Plugins with a similar focus include Authors List, WP Custom Author URL and Author Avatars List/Block.
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