Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% 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. ★★★★★ onico0

   3.2y ago

   I love that plugin, but I’ll probably have to switch to another solution since I’d like to go multilingual. Unfortunately, Starbox doesn’t seem to be compatible with WPML. That’s unfortunate for Starbox lovers.

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2. ★★★★★ Maxime_13

   3.4y ago

   Pleasant and efficient. Many thanks to the developers. Works well with php 8.1 and wp 6.2. Better than other free plugins 😉

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3. ★★★★★ ivanbel

   4.2y ago

   Fisrt time that I see such a simple plugin to use, very convenient and easy for the settings. But the support is fantastic. I wanted to tweak a little bit, and immediately I received all the solutions. Bravo !

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4. ★★★★★ sferwerda

   4.4y ago

   Simple but great plugin

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5. ★★★★★ madeinperpi

   4.4y ago

   Easy to install and to take in hands, step by step

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6. ★★★★★ tilkesh

   4.6y ago

   nice plugin it’s working awesome with other plugins even without conflict.

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7. ★★★★★ Marc-Oliver Pahl

   5.1y ago

   I love it. The new in blog text feature for “[starbox]” is wonderful. I give you the strong recommendation to filte out ” (quotation marks) as I spent several hours that you are not allowing this embedding id=”1,fa,23″ as your preg_split results in “1 | fa | 23” and finally only fa is shown as it is the only that mathces with a user id…. Besides that, great!!!

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8. ★★★★★ ichadwick

   5.4y ago

   Nice little upgrade to the way author information is presented. Very neat and clean presentation. The “latest posts” tab is very welcome. Thanks for this work. Very good and fast responses to support issues. Faster than about 90% of the plugins I’ve installed. That’s a nice change. Will look at what the pro version offers and likely upgrade (I only have one author on my blog) because adding more “latest posts” will be a welcome benefit. Works in WP 5.7.1 and had no issues integrating with Verbosa theme.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.5.4 Update the social sanitization Update compatibility with WP 6.8 3.5.4
2. — Version 3.5.3 Update the social URL validation Change call to static in tools Add the option to remove Posts from Sitemap News in Google News Add the option to set SEO Automation for each language with WPML plugin 3.5.3
3. — Version 3.5.2 Update plugin style and layouts Fixed compatibility with default WP Themes like Twenty Twenty-Four 3.5.2
4. — Version 3.5.1 Update compatibility with WP 6.5 Fixed PHP error when $post is not found 3.5.1
5. — Version 3.5.0 Update security on User setting Fixed Small Bugs 3.5.0
6. — Version 3.4.8 Update compatibility with PHP 8.3 Update compatibility with WP 6.4.1 3.4.8

6 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 Starbox <= 3.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Twitter URL Field ↗
   2024-09-09 CVE-2024-8239 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.5.2 Patched in 3.5.3
2. Medium · 4.4 Starbox – the Author Box for Humans <= 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-08-20 CVE-2024-7955 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.5.1 Patched in 3.5.2
3. Medium · 6.4 Starbox <= 3.4.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-02-13 CVE-2024-1273 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.9 Patched in 3.5.0
4. Medium · 6.4 Starbox <= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings ↗
   2024-02-06 CVE-2023-6806 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.8 Patched in 3.5.0
5. Medium · 6.4 Starbox <= 3.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings ↗
   2024-01-31 CVE-2024-0256 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.8 Patched in 3.5.0
6. Medium · 4.3 Starbox – the Author Box for Humans <= 3.4.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference ↗
   2024-01-30 CVE-2024-0366 Improper Access Control Affects <= 3.4.7 Patched in 3.4.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Translated into 88 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 64 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-04-17 20K+ → 10K+ down after 49 days in tier
2. 2025-02-27 30K+ → 20K+ down after 7 days in tier
3. 2025-02-20 40K+ → 30K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-02-18 30K+ → 40K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-02-17 40K+ → 30K+ down after 6 days in tier
6. 2025-02-11 30K+ → 40K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-02-10 40K+ → 30K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2025-02-06 30K+ → 40K+ up after 1 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).

• Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Authorsy – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Post Rating 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Author Box WP Lens 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Co-Authors Plus 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B

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Starbox – the Author Box for Humans: 10K+ active installs, 4.5★ (203 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/starbox