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Authors Widget

Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors, with the number of posts, link to RSS feed next to their name, avatar. It is useful in a multi-author blog, where you want to have the list in the sidemenu. The widget can also display an “Author Cloud” if SEO Tag Cloud plugin is installed.

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PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.

CompatibilityRequires WordPress 2.0.2.

SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 20, 2026

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About this tool.

See it in action

Screenshots & previews.

Open the Appearance box in wp-admin and chose the Widgets menu

Drop it to your Sidebar and set up the widget options

This is how it looks in older WP versions

02 / Source details

Getting started.

To install Authors Widget follow the following steps:

Unpack authors.zip to /wp-content/plugins/authors/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Go to ‘Presentation’ or ‘Design’ or ‘Appearance’ menu
Go to ‘Widgets’ menu
Drag & Drop the Authors Widget to the place on your sidebar where you would like to display the authors’ list

Optionally you can change the following settings:

Title
Format: list | cloud | dropdown
Order by: display name | first name | last name | post count | id | random
Number of authors to show
Show Avatar
Avatar size
Show RSS links
Show post counts
Exclude admin

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