Guest Author

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ Nima Shayanfar

   1.8y ago

   The plugin works as advertised and is quite simple and handy. I have one request though. These days nofollowing the URL might be suitable for some admins. So it is missing.

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2. ★★★★★ Jin-Liang, Lin

   3.7y ago

   My site use the themes “Twenty Twenty-Two”. Custom URLs will not appear on the name.

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3. ★★★★★ gunawan004

   3.9y ago

   Its good, but didnt save the guest data so i have to write the same data over and over again This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by gunawan004. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by gunawan004.

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4. ★★★★★ dhirajshah

   4.0y ago

   They don’t test their plugin with the best/higest selling premium themes, so they have zero clue if their plugin with work with those themes or not. They just blindly hope that their plugin works and if it doesn’t, it’s the Theme’s fault only.

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5. ★★★★★ inspired888

   4.2y ago

   I am mostly writing this review to counter what was written here: crudoadmin — March 5, 2021 — Its a piece of junk In my experience, the URL, Description and Avatar boxes are only greyed out if you haven’t yet added an Author Name. If that first field (Name) is empty, then the other fields are disabled. This is to prevent people adding data to those other fields without providing an author name. Makes perfect sense to me. I suspect “crudoadmin” might not have taken the time to really test out what was going on. As for the plug-in itself … works well. Out theme was even able to pull in the image, URL, and description (in the same way it pulls in the image, URL, and Bio from a registered user/author). Which means this plug-in is storing that info in standard WordPress fields, as opposed to making something up (which was the case with the Simply Guest Author plug-in, which we had to ditch for that very reason).

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6. ★★★★★ crudoadmin

   5.5y ago

   It only allows to change Author to Guest and ad a name to the author, but it does not allow to add an Avatar (it’s greyed out) nor a url (it’s also greyed out) and in the post the “guest Author” name is not shown correctly but instead it shows the website’s admin user.

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7. ★★★★★ Dinev Dmitry

   5.7y ago

   Great work, guys! Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ lehmax

   6.5y ago

   It’s missing a few features that would make guest posts even more convenient, but other than that it’s very good.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.62 2026-05-05 minor code fix 2.62
2. — Version 2.61 2025-09-18 minor code fix 2.61
3. — Version 2.6 2025-08-11 minor code fixes 2.6
4. — Version 2.5 2023-12-05 Guest author name bug fix 2.5
5. — Version 2.4 2023-11-29 security fix 2.4
6. — Version 2.3 2022-11-22 minor fixes 2.3

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-12-04 CVE-2023-49747 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3 Patched in 2.4
2. Medium · 6.4 Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-12-01 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3 Patched in 2.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 8 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-01-01 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-12-31 5K+ → 6K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-12-27 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-12-25 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-12-24 6K+ → 5K+ down after 4 days in tier
6. 2025-12-20 5K+ → 6K+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-12-18 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-12-17 5K+ → 6K+ up after 59 days in tier

Competes with

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• Temporary Login Without Password 100K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A
• W WP Meta and Date Remover 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A

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Guest Author: 5K+ active installs, 4.2★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/guest-author