Google Plus Authorship

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ aguskc

   11.5y ago

   Great plugin. It’s easy to use and it works!

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2. ★★★★★ faizi4u

   11.5y ago

   Installing after User good Feedback. will publish my experience soon.

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3. ★★★★★ MartinJH

   12.6y ago

   I have never added google authorship before. So when I tried to add it to my website yesterday, I used over 4 hours trying to make things work. I did what Google said. I did what youtubers said. I did what bloggers said. I just couldn’t make it work. With this plugin it worked in 5 minutes (checked with googles own tool). I want to mention one mistake I did. I copied the whole google + url like this: https://plus.google.com/u/0/xxxxxxxxxx/posts It does not work if you include the /posts. It should look like this instead: https://plus.google.com/u/0/xxxxxxxxxx That is my comment. Have a nice day, and thanks to the author of this plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ Naoise Golden Santos

   13.3y ago

   This plugin uses rel="me" instead of rel="author" which is better for Google+ profile (test in http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets). It also add spammy text in the title attribute of the link.

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5. ★★★★★ jf80

   13.3y ago

   It works, no setup, just install the plugin and enter your Google+ url.

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6. ★★★★★ Michael Vera

   13.4y ago

   I would have recommended this. But this I read KalaViv’s review which said there was no way to contact the author. Sorry that scares me a little. So now I’m going to download WP Google Plus Authorship

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7. ★★★★★ KalaViv

   13.6y ago

   This plugin worked like a charm when I couldnt’ get other ways to work. BuT. A big BUT, I”m gonna remove it because I went ot author page and visit plugin-site and both are duds like general link filled sites. I feel liek this may have place a virus or somehting on my computer, only because it’s like the author is not traceable. I dont’ know it seems weird.

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8. ★★★★★ alfarss

   13.8y ago

   This plugin is exactly what I need

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-04-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-04-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-04-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
4. 2025-04-08 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-04-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 637 days in tier
6. 2023-07-10 3K+ → 2K+ down

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).

• W WP Google Authorship 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• S Single Author G+ META 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• R Rel Publisher 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B

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Google Plus Authorship: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-plus-authorship