Genesis Co-Authors Plus

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1. ★★★★★ egbaman

   10.2y ago

   Needed to support multiple authors on a Genesis Child Theme. The excellent Co-Authors Plus plugin was the first leg then got struck with showing multiple Author Boxes on Genesis until I came across the Genesis Co-Authors Plus plug-in which was last updated 2 years ago as at then. Thankfully, it worked smoothly without any stress. Good job.

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2. ★★★★★ weslinda

   12.9y ago

   I run a web site with detailed disease information. Many of the articles written on the site have more than one author. We’ve been using Genesis on the site for approximately 2 years. A few months back, we implemented Co-Authors Plus as a plugin and was hoping to find an easy way to implement showing all authors of the article. This plugin does it smoothly and quickly. No coding needed. Great addon for anyone using Genesis and Co-Authors Plus.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-11 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in tier
2. 2026-06-26 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-06-24 100+ → 90+ down after 1067 days in tier
4. 2023-07-23 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2023-07-20 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2023-07-17 200+ → 100+ down after 99 days in tier
7. 2023-04-09 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2023-04-07 200+ → 100+ down after 16 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Co-Authors Plus 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• ThemeRuby Multi Authors – Assign Multiple Writers to Posts 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Genesis eNews Extended 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Genesis Simple Hooks 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B

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Genesis Co-Authors Plus: 90+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/genesis-co-authors-plus