Now a days many of wordpress blog have author box at end of each post. Now it’s becoming very popular to have author box in author blog.
MOST of you already know author box and its importance to manage multi-author blogs. There are many plugins that add author box to your blog but I’m sharing 5 Best Author Box Plugin with many great features. Simple and advance plugins
5 Best Author Box Plugin for WordPress
Here I’m sharing free and best author box plugins for wordpress. You can try any of them you want.
1. Better Author Bio
This is best author box plugin I like from our list of best author box plugin and would recommend to use as it don’t require any coding. Its just simple, neat and clean 
. Here are few reasons Why I like this plugin!
- It’s simple, clean and elegant.
- View All Post by Author Option
- Author Blog Link
- Author Social Profile Link
- It shows Number of Articles written by author
- Too much easy to install and configure!
2. Fancier Author Box
Give identity to your single or multi-author with Fancier Author Box Plugin. This plugin comes with great features as well as link to author posts and latest post. You can easily hide or show latest post. Though I’ve not used it but many other blogs are using it and its working perfect!
There is also paid version of Fancier Author Box which gives you more advance features like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Tabs. You can read more here!
Here are few feature of premium version of this plugin.
- Simple and Clean
- Link to Author Latest Post
- Social Icons below avatar
- Easy to enable / customize its look and tab option!
3. Social Author Bio
Like other this plugin automatically adds an author bio box with Gravatar and social icons on your each posts. This is the most configurable author bio box with social profile links. It comes with 15+ Social profile links. You can easily customize any of them. Here are few features of this plugin!
- Simple yet stylish like others!
- Gravatar with Author Bio
- Shows Number of post by author
- 15+ Social Profiles Links.
4. Cool Author Box
This plugin don’t need much introduction. This plugin also works like others but it style is different you can see screenshot above. This plugin will add author box to end of your post with avatar at bottom right side and link to author site and archives!
5. Custom About Author
This is last plugin from our collect of best author box plugin. This plugin looks like Social Author Bio. But Its simple with only 4 social profile and rounded corner! It does not contain link to author archives! Although its good plugin. You can try!
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Over To You!
What do you think why author box is important for blogs? Don’t forget to let me know which best author box plugin you use in your blog in comment section!
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I use WP Biographia, and like it a lot. Did you give that one a try? If so, I’m curious why it didn’t make the cut.
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..How to Use Twitterfeed and NOT Look Like a Spammer
Hey Holly!
Nice to see you on my blog again! This plugin WP Biographia seems great! May be I’ll try this plugin in future!
Do that! I think I’m using it on all my blogs, now. It’s easy and very customizable; also has good support for multi-author blogs (one of the reasons I liked it – I mean, I have the whole “About” page, but my guest bloggers don’t).
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..How to Use Twitterfeed and NOT Look Like a Spammer
Holly u r right i also like WP Biographia and Ammar very nice and useful list as usual.
Haider recently posted..Top 7 Strategies To Rank Well For Keywords In Your City
Hello Holly,
Does it support putting the box on top? I’ve been looking for one like that
Thanks!
Mentor Palokaj recently posted..How to Build a Website / Blog
I like second one – Fancier Author Box
Irfan Siddiqui recently posted..Track Your Train’s Exact Location in India
Good Choice!
I agree with Irfan…i’m in love with Fancier Author Box!!
Satish Patel recently posted..Giveaway #1–Participate and Win Thesis 2.0 this Chrismas
Hey,
I am using Custom about Author ! It is really working awesome for me.
Have you seen it on my blog?
Thank you
Saif recently posted..How To Decrease / Improve Alexa Of Blog? – Simple Steps To Improve Alexa
That plugin looks awesome on your blog!
Have tried most out of them, and love the first one a lot that is also being used by BasicBlogTips and other biggies. But, still I’d love stick with one that is offered by Genesis itself.
Mairaj Pirzada recently posted..Generating Post Ideas When You’re Stuck – 21 Ways to Find Ideas!
That’s great!
Good collection, going to use one among these.
Khaja moin recently posted..35 Social Bookmarking Sites to Increase Your Traffic
Which one?
2nd one!
Even search engine journals uses same
Khaja moin recently posted..35 Social Bookmarking Sites to Increase Your Traffic
Now I am not use any Author Box. But I like to use 1st one(Better Author Bio).
Raplus recently posted..8 Best WordPress Plugins You Should Know
I am a new blogger with no knowledge of SEO and stuff. Most of what I do know about blogging is based on useful info I get from blogs like these.
I am installing Plugin #3. I like this one more than the others because it allows me to link my Gravatar and social profile links as well.
If WP Biographia is any better, please let me know.
Good Choice and That’s up to you. You can use any one which suit perfectly on your blog
I’m not sure about WP Biographia plugin!
You can see WP Biographia in action on my site. You can always give several different ones a try, and just pick the one you like best.
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..How to Use Twitterfeed and NOT Look Like a Spammer
I don’t need a plugin for it as this feature is inbuilt in my theme. Thanks for sharing though Ammar.
Kundan Bhardwaj recently posted..Convert Video In any Format
That’s great then! Which theme you’re using now?
It is a modified theme actually by one of my friends, however the original is by someone else. Once you visit the blog , you will get to know exactly what I am talking about.
Kundan Bhardwaj recently posted..Delete Cache History in Mozilla Firefox
Hey , Ammar would you like to share what you are using ? It has also a + point of a adding a guest post page !
Smart Boy recently posted..Solved – How to change your name In Facebook ?
I’m using custom code to add author bio in my marketers delight skin I’d recommend you to use first plugin “Better Author Bio!” That looks simple and clean
Amazing author boxes bro.
I like 4th one-Cool Author Box
janmejaya recently posted..Top 5 blogging ideas that Giving you Success
First One author box is good simple clean and attractive design
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Hi Ammar,
Thanks for sharing the awesome plugins. – I might just change mine accordingly. I think it’s time for a new touch on my website.
Anton Koekemoer recently posted..Using LinkedIn for lead generation
Best of luck!
all the author boxes are good..will like t have o\any of these on my blog but unfortunate my blog is on blogspot..please share some author boxes for blogspot also….
mohit rajwani recently posted..Add and Manage Accounts in Windows 8
Hi Ammar,
I am really sorry to bother you yet again. I installed the “Better Author Bio” because you said it is the simplest. Unfortunately, even that aint simple enough for me.
Can you please attach here a screen shot of your settings, because when I click on the Facebook or Twitter button appearing down there with the posts, it is showing error 404.
Ambik Choudhary Mahajan recently posted..How to Get Rid of Freckles And Laser Treatment?
No problem at all. I’m always here to help you!
Here is screeenshot http://allbloggingtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bette3r-author-bio.png . Make sure to add proper URL to twitter/facebook field like “http://facebook.com/allbloggingtips” not “allbloggingtips”
Hope everything is clear now!
That’s usually my problem – some apps and plug-ins fail to specify the syntax they expect. Is my Twitter supposed to be HollyJahangiri, @hollyjahangiri, or twitter.com/hollyjahangiri, or http://twitter.com/hollyjahangiri? Kind of annoying to do that by trial and error, isn’t it?
Then, invariably, you get to the Facebook question, and instead of just entering the page name, it expects a full URL. Meh.
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..How to Use Twitterfeed and NOT Look Like a Spammer
thanks @Ammar really bro nice collation but i like 2nd one
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@holly i read some of your comments above. You’ve excellent written skills. I loved reading your comments. @ammar thanks for liking my facebook fan page. You have a great blog here. I would suggest to concentrate a bit more on grammar. The first sentence should be Nowadays lot of bloggers…
Well, technically, that would be, “Nowadays, many Wordpress blogs have…”
But after such kind words, George, I feel petty in pointing that out. Thank you so much.
Have you visited my blog?
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..How to Use Twitterfeed and NOT Look Like a Spammer
Hi Ammar,
Thanks for sharing some awesome author box.
I liked the 1st one ‘Better Author Bio’ .
And I am using it. But I did it with code.
Istiak Rayhan recently posted..Don’t have a Privacy Policy Page? Create it Now!
Not a bad list of plugins you got here.
I think these are all cool.
As for my blog, the theme / skin came with it’s own author bio box. Plus I can always edit it the way I want.
Nice post for those who want to add a box to their blog.
Kharim Tomlinson recently posted..How To Make Your First $100 From Your Blog
Gone are those days when I used an Author Box plugin
I’m using custom codes for that author box you see on my posts Ammar. What are your thoughts on that?
PS – I’m soon planning to code it so that it shows the “Follow” and “Like” button, for the specified author of the post. But just need to get my hands on a couple of things before that.
Cheers
Raaj Trambadia recently posted..How To Make Money Using Twitter
That sounds great!
You’re already good at customizing themes!
Best of luck! 
Hello Ammar,
Thanks so much for including our Fancier Author Box to your list of WordPress plugins.
However, the screenshot is not accurate, because it represents our premium author bio plugin – Fanciest Author Box.
In the spirit of honesty and providing your readers the correct information, it would be good to put the right plugin screenshot.
Cheers
Hi Dragan!
Thanks for visiting my blog! I’ve updated this post!
Hope everything is fine now!
Regards.
Even before everything was great, now it’s even better
Nice list Ammar.
Cheers
Thank you very much Dragan!
Hi Ammar
I use the AuthorSure author box plugin as it makes it easier to authenticate Authorship with Google.
That allows you to get your Gravatar added to search engine listings.
Thank you for sharing.
Tim
Tim Bonner recently posted..How To Find Out If Your Blog Posts Are Being Copied
Though these are great plugins but i would love this feature in my theme not a seperate plugin.
Rakesh,
I can understand why you want an author box as part of a WordPress theme you’re using, but this is not a good idea.
A Theme, as the name suggests, provides graphical styles for your website. Plugins, on the other hand, offer advanced functionality and it’s important not to have the two under same roof.
Don’t want to bore you all with this stuff so if you’re interested you can read more about this on WPTuts+ http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/general/functionality-plugins-vs-themes/
Cheers
Dragan Nikolic recently posted..The New, End-User Focused ThematoSoup
Great list of Author box plugin. i am using the first one, Better Author Bio. and i am very much satisfied with this one. But hope i will try the others in future.
Thanks for giving awesome list of Plugin.
Better author bio is undoubtedly the best WP author plugin!
Arslanh recently posted..20 Must-Have Plugins For Your WordPress Blog
cool author box looks nice… thanks for the list, never knew that there are so many plugins for an author box….
Ashish recently posted..5 Best Apple iPhone 5 Applications
Hey you!
Nice to see you here! So which one will you install on your blog?
I used the better author bio plugin. Thanks for the list!
Sk recently posted..Receive SMS when someone comments on your site (WordPress)
I was using better author bio few months ago. Since my blog is one author blog so i thought that it is not necessary to install author bio box in single author blog.
What do you think?
Sudeep Acharya recently posted..RightInbox – Schedule the email to send it later
Yeah! Author box are mostly useful for multi author blogs!
Thanks for compiling this list. I am currently using fancier author plugin but I might consider using the top on which is “better author bio” as it seems much simpler. The social author bio looks good as well.
Shalu Sharma recently posted..Top winter destinations of India
Nice post. But can you solve my problem. I tried using Fancier author box. I have filled the About author section in my profile but it is not showing any text except my name. Any idea??
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It seems you’ve not added your bio in your “Profile Page” in Wp Dashboard! Goto Dashboard > Profile and > About Yourself and add your info there! I’m sure it will works!
I have already filled that section and moreover my gravatar is also being show in the bar when I access my profile. But don’t know why my introduction is not shown even when I have filled and saved it.
Bilal Akbar recently posted..iPHONE 5…A MUCH AWAITED PHONE
Hi Bilal,
You can start a topic regarding your Fancier Author Box issue here
http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancier-author-box
and we’ll try to solve it.
Thanks
Hi Ammar,
Yesterday, I submitted guest post on BasicBlogTips and was impressed by the Author Bio that was used by Ms. Ileane Smith. Today, I was going through your blog and find this valuable post.. Thank you so much.. I will be using Better Author Bio for sure.
Thanks !!
Dhruv Bhagat recently posted..How To Make Your Blog Commenting Campaign A Success?
Hey Dhruv!
Nice to see you here! Better Author Bio is great plugin. Simple and elegant!
i liked Social Author Bio most and am also using it on my blogs………!!
Gautam Cool recently posted..Zapworld Became Dofollow Friendly Now.!
Nice list of plugins Ammar but i liked 2nd one
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1st one is best ! ” Better Author Bio”
Smart Boy recently posted..How to Remove Comment Box In WordPress Page?
Awesome article
I think fancier is better because the tab made different with others.
Nice to see a mention of WP Biographia from Holly Jahangiri in the comments. Version 3.3 of the plugin was recently released and includes a lot of new features designed to support multi author sites and sites with guest authors. It also allows you to specify where you want the Biography Box to appear (on top of a post or underneath), what types of post the Biography Box should appear on (front page, posts, pages, archives, etc) and includes comprehensive shortcode and template tag support if you really need finer grained control. It even validates all your social media contact links and nudges you if they look wrong, so a Twitter profile URL of @vicchi (my Twitter ID) will be nudged to tell me to enter the URL as http://twitter.com/vicchi. Take a look if you get a spare moment.
-Gary
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Hey bro ,which author box plugin you use.
No plugin, Just custom codes for thesis theme!
I use the last one.
But i have a doubt. Is there any way to remove the Author bio from a single user?
I mean, I am Admin at my Tech blog. i dont want a Bio below my articles.
How should i remove it??
That is not possible. You’ve to find some good and perfect php developer. He/she can do this for sure!
ammar……..can u give the name of your author box plugin.i like very much it
shafeeq recently posted..8 Most popular blogs in the world
I’m using custom codes for this!
if you dont mind plz share the custom codes…..
shafeeq recently posted..8 Most popular blogs in the world
Hey mate,
i read your post it gave me an idea on which one to go with but if i add this plugin , will my default author bio will also be visible and available ?
Mohammed Siadath Ali recently posted..Strike Suit Zero – An Action-Packed Space Game
both will be available. You’ve to disable default in order to use above plugin!
would like to know , what is the author box you are using?
Mohammed Siadath Ali recently posted..Strike Suit Zero – An Action-Packed Space Game
I’m using custom author box code for thesis!
Isn’t there any generic code for author functionality to add to any WordPress theme Ammar ?
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I’ve tested all of them, but the only one I liked is Fancier Author Box, the design looks great in any theme and was easy to translate.
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which one you are using?
krishnaTORQUE recently posted..By: Anonymous
custom author box ..:D
Thank you Ammar.. I have used Better Author Bio and It is looking Nice.
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you’re welcome!
I liked the way you have modified the authors resource box on this website of yours. Also the write for us link over there is a perfect fit as it suits the purposes just right over there.
Keral Patel recently posted..How To Get The Most Out Of Your PPC Landing Page
Thanks Keral. Glad you like it!
I use the Default one which come with my theme. Love the #2nd one (Fancier Author Box). Will give it a Try
Thanks.
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Nice post Ammar Ali, I’ve decided to go with Social Author Bio. I just hope that it is compatible with my other Wordpress plugins.
Thanks Ammar for sharing this list. I have searched endlessly for other author post plugins. Even asked some guest authors to recommend a good one to me of which I was only able to get the Social Author Bio plugin. I used it for a while, but didnt like the interface, so I uninstalled it. I think I like the Fancier Author Bio more.
brother i like Better author bio plugin. but i am not able to add this plugins on author page. please tell me how to add this on author archive page?
well, are you using blogspot or WP?
You can contact this plugin author to solve the issue
Hello Ammar, am using Fancier Author Box and this is really fancier as it name sound, though am thinking of creating my own person author box..
Thanks for this Post..
Cheers
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I personally use the Fanciest author box, the premium version of fancier box it’s great for me! and it costs only 10$
thanks for sharing this awesome post brother
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Thanks for sharing – all the plugins sounds cool and this is the perfect post for me. As I am looking up for a blog to offer different plugins. Moreover, can you tell which is that plugin which show the prev and next post on your page?