Title: Authors List Author: WPKube Published: 2019-04-03 Last modified: 2025-11-24 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/authors-list/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2062262) ![](https://ps.w.org/authors-list/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2062262) # Authors List By [WPKube](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpkube/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/authors-list.2.0.6.2.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/authors-list/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/authors-list/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/authors-list/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/authors-list/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/authors-list/) ## Description Easily display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page using a shortcode. Backend UI can be used to change all the options. > **Introducing New Authors List Pro** > The free version offers a large amount of features for free, and the PRO version > comes with even more amazing features for your authors list. > Some of those features > are **Styler**, **Search** and **Filters**. **Styler** allows easy change of color/ > typography/spacing on any of the elements in the authors list.**Filters** allow > you to create a better organization of the authors list. **Search** allows your > visitors to search for specific users. [Click here to get the PRO version!](https://www.authorslist.com/) #### Shortcode All the options are available in the WP admin but you can also use a plain shortcode( as it was in version 1 of the plugin). The shortcode is [authors_list] and accepts the following attributes. * style (1,2,3) * columns (2,3,4) * columns_direction ( horizontal, vertical ) * avatar_size (any number, example 500) * amount (any number, no limit by default) * show_title (yes,no) * show_count (yes,no) * show_bio (yes,no) * show_link (yes,no) * orderby ( post_count, post_date, ID, login, nicename, email, url, registered, display_name, first_name, last_name ) * order ( ASC, DESC ) * skip_empty ( yes, no ) * minimum_posts_count ( any number ) * bio_word_trim ( any number, leave empty for no trim ) * only_authors ( yes, no ) * exclude ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) * include ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) * roles ( roles separated by comma, example administrator,editor ) * latest_post_after ( for example if set to 7 it will only show authors that have posts published in the past 7 days ) * name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose display name starts with specific characters) * first_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters ) * last_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters ) * categories ( category IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) * terms ( term IDs separate by comma, example 1,3,4 ) * taxonomy ( name of a taxonomy, for example post_tag ) * title_element (the element that wraps the name of the user/author, defaults to div, can be any element, for example h2) * link_count (yes, no) Example usage with attributes: ``` [authors_list style="2" columns="2" amount="4" show_count="no"] ``` There are additional attributes for custom content before and after each element: * before_avatar * before_title * before_count * before_bio * before_link * after_avatar * after_title * after_count * after_bio * after_link Example usage with attributes: ``` [authors_list before_title="My custom content"] ``` These before/after attributes also support dynamic user/author meta fields using ``` {al:INSERT_FIELD_NAME} ``` Example usage: ``` [authors_list before_title="My first name is {al:first_name}"] ``` They also support some dynamic output functionality. Currently supports displaying posts links and social links (Yoast SEO needed): Example usage for posts links: ``` [authors_list after_title="{alf:posts}"] ``` ``` [authors_list after_title="{alf:posts type=plain amount=5}"] ``` Example usage for social links: ``` [authors_list after_title="{alf:social}"] ``` Example usage for roles: ``` [authors_list after_title="{alf:role}"] ``` Example usage for link (the “to” parameter accepts foollowing values: archive bbpress_profile buddypress_profile): ``` [authors_list after_title="{alf:link to=bbpress_profile}"] ``` Social Icons SVGs by [FontAwesome](https://fontawesome.com/license) are licensed under CC BY 4.0 #### What’s Next If you like this plugin, then please consider leaving us a rating / review. This plugin is maintained by [WPKube](https://www.wpkube.com/), a WordPress resource site, where you can learn from our in-depth guides such as [What is WordPress](https://www.wpkube.com/what-is-wordpress/), [How to choose a WordPress hosting](https://www.wpkube.com/best-wordpress-hosting/),& more! #### Our Other Projects * [Optin Forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/optin-forms/): Simple and easy to use plugin for creating optin forms, works with most well known autoresponder services. * [Simple Basic Contact Form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-basic-contact-form/): Light-weight contact form plugin * [Subscribe to Comments Reloaded](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/): Email Notification plugin for Comments * [Advanced Excerpts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-excerpt/): This plugin adds several improvements to WordPress’ default way of creating excerpts. ## Installation * **WordPress Plugins Directory**: Navigate to _Plugins_ _Add New_ in the WordPress admin and search “Authors List”. Click _Install_ and then _Activate_. * **Zip Upload**: Navigate to _Plugins_ _Add New_ _Upload Plugin_ in the WordPress admin. Browse to the .zip file containing the plugin on your computer and upload, then activate. * **Manual FTP Upload**: Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`. Navigate to _Plugins_ in the WordPress admin and activate. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca532b5fcd96185b32f98a2cee7f373024533c3f661c969fb9c31a90e01d4a1a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-12600/)󠁿 [walacky](https://profiles.wordpress.org/walacky/) 2023-03-09 Very good and customizable solution! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30cf8bee55fa7e62845d7639e478e0e3c3660f7f1c4366e8bbfb08b3f6a5e0af? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin, thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-thanks-177/)󠁿 [Marko6548](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marko6548/) 2023-02-03 Great plugin. Thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5bddfe358c79f677e9aca2befda055b7eebbb0718094b2f389ce2d16f572e65c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8639/)󠁿 [nancy.hildebrandt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nancyhildebrandt/) 2021-07-12 I’ve spent a lot of time looking for a way to create a list of post authors with their bios. Just found this plugin, added the simple shortcode with no extra attributes and got exactly what I was looking for. It took two minutes. Thank you thank you thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/001bd548b077859d3e26d9c6a74e94b7182e962fc64ea0fe7597b014fd321f10? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8479/)󠁿 [alienative](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alienative/) 2021-05-12 Thank you for this plugin, it works perfectly, and very easy to use. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/412efea86bd6e44b83072cd641ea0a515b1089b81b767d0ca82f20571826805c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8059/)󠁿 [jonturks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonturks/) 2021-01-13 1 reply Beatiful plugin and plugin’s owner is very best bro! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3465938374d723918990b47b1a4f7d33de6125faee9b30de05309825e04665cf? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best and easy plugin . highly recommended.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-and-easy-plugin-highly-recommended/)󠁿 [SyedAhmad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/syedahmad/) 2021-01-01 1 reply Best plugin so far . and support team is really helping efficiently. [ Read all 22 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/authors-list/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Authors List” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ WPKube ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpkube/) “Authors List” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/authors-list/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Authors List” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/authors-list) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/authors-list/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/authors-list/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/authors-list/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.6.2 (November 24th, 2025) * Security fixes #### 2.0.6.1 (February 25th, 2025) * Security fixes #### 2.0.5 (December 10th, 2024) * Security fixes #### 2.0.4 (January 16th, 2024) * Added option for link text * Added option for random ordering * Added an alternate shortcode (in case of conflicts with other plugins), the shortcode is [sk_authors_list] * {al:custom_field_name} now uses get_the_author_meta function as a 2nd fallback * Fixed issue with pagination not showing correct amount of pages when the user roles are not authors #### 2.0.3 (July 10th, 2023) * Option to hide/show the avatar * Security fixes #### 2.0.2 (March 30th, 2023) * Fixed issue with pagination not working when the pagination slug is modified * Fixed issue with Tiktok in social links * Update POT (translation template file) #### 2.0.1 (March 29th, 2023) * “Pagination” option added to the backend settings #### 2.0.0 (March 28th, 2023) * A completely new version with backend settings (old shortcode parameters still work as they did in version 1) #### 1.2.9 (November 14th, 2022) * Improved the system for ordering by “all_post_count” * The number of posts element can now be linked to the archive #### 1.2.8 (October 3rd, 2022) * Fixed issue with taxonomy/term filters not working properly for custom post types #### 1.2.7 (February 21th, 2022) * Fixed deprecated notice related to WordPress 5.9 #### 1.2.6 (September 24, 2021) * Added parameter “first_name_starts_with” (limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters) * Added parameter “last_name_starts_with” (limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters) * The parameter “latest_post_after” now works with all post types defined in the“ post_types” parameter #### 1.2.5 (April 9th, 2021) * Accessibility fix (show name in aria-label for the “View posts” link). Thanks to @rscano #### 1.2.4 (January 26th, 2021) * New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show post date above the title. Example after_title=”{alf:posts show_date=yes}” * New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show posts of specific category. Example after_title=”{alf:posts show_date=yes categories=5}” #### 1.2.3 (January 10th, 2021) * New perameter for {alf:social} function to switch social icons to FontAwesome font. Example: after_title=”{alf:social type=fontawesome-v5}” * New dynamic output functon added for showing the user’s latest post date. Example: after_title=”{alf:latest_post_date}” #### 1.2.2 ( December 25th, 2020 ) * Issue with amount of authors shown (when specifically defined) conflicting with other parameters #### 1.2.1 ( December 23rd, 2020 ) * The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “all_post_count” which orders by the count of all post types set in the “post_types” parameter #### 1.2.0 ( October 27th, 2020 ) * Parameter “count_text” now supports zero, singular and plural options #### 1.1.9 ( October 17th, 2020 ) * New parameter “count_text” that allows changing the text shown for “show_count” #### 1.1.8 ( September 30th, 2020 ) * Alt attribute added to avatar image * New parameter “avatar_meta_key” that allows getting the image URL from user meta instead of using Gravatar #### 1.1.7 ( September 12th, 2020 ) * New parameter “title_element” that allows changing the div that wraps the author’s name/title to an h2, h3, h4… (title_element=”h2″) * New dynamic output functon added for showing the user’s role (after_title=”{alf: role}”) * New dynamic output function added for showing a link to post archive, bbpress profile or buddypress profile (after_title=”{alf:link to=archive}”) #### 1.1.6 ( July 20th, 2020 ) * alf:social now shows the personal website URL as well * New parameter “minimum_posts_count” added to limit the authors shown to only those that have at least that amount of posts * New parameter “bp_member_types” that allows showing only specific BuddyPress member types #### 1.1.5 ( July 2nd, 2020 ) * The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “comment_count” which order by the comment count what posts made by that author received * The “link_to” parameter now accepts linking to buddypress profile (link_to=”buddypress_profile”) * The “link_to” parameter now accepts linking to custom meta (link_to=”meta” link_to_meta_key =”meta_key”) * New dynamic output function added for showing follow/unfollow button from BuddyPress Followers plugin (after_title=”{alf:buddypress_follow”}) #### 1.1.4 ( June 12th, 2020 ) * The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “rand” to have a random order * New parameter “link_to” added to allow linking to bbPress profile ( link_to=” bbpress_profile” ) * New parameter “pagination” added, set to “yes” to enable pagination #### 1.1.3 ( May 30th, 2020 ) * New shortcode attribute to allow only showing authors by the first letter (or more letters) of their display name #### 1.1.2 ( April 21st, 2020 ) * New shortcode attributes to allow including only authors with posts in specific taxonomy and terms * New orderby attribute value “post_date” to order authors by the date of their latest post #### 1.1.1 ( April 6th, 2020 ) * Fix for skip_empty option * Added link for “submit support request” in the plugin action links * Bump up WordPress compatibility to 5.4 #### 1.1.0 ( March 18th, 2020 ) * Option to include only authors who have posts in specific categories #### 1.0.9 ( February 12th, 2020 ) * Improvements for output of dynamic user/author meta fields #### 1.0.8 ( January 28th, 2020 ) * Links to social profiles for authors #### 1.0.7 (January 14, 2020) * Load CSS only on pages where the shortcode is used * Option to set to show only authors of specific post types * Option for a vertical direction column layout (like a newspaper layout) * Option to show only authors that have posts published today #### 1.0.6 (December 16, 2019) * Option to limit visibility by author’s post date * Option to order by first name * Option to order by last name #### 1.0.5 (December 2, 2019) * Option to include specific users by ID * Option to include specific user roles * Option to set posts list to be plain ( divs ) instead of unordered list items * Compatibility with custom avatar plugins * Responsive fixes #### 1.0.4 (November 23, 2019 ) * Option to exclude specific users/authors * Ability to display posts of the specific author #### 1.0.3 (November 12th, 2019) * Option to include all users, not just authors #### 1.0.2 (October 30th, 2019) * Added biography words trim option * Added ability to add custom content before/after each element * Added ability to display custom field values * Added option to also show authors that do not have any posts * Fixed issue where some authors are not shown #### 1.0.1 (October 21st, 2019) * Added plugin URI (for “view details” link in the WordPress admin) * Options to change the authors order * Fixed issue with layout if images not the same height #### 1.0.0 * Initial Release ## 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