PublishPress Authors Pro v4.18.0 Plugin
PublishPress Authors is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to overcome the default limitation of assigning only one author per post. It enables you to add multiple authors to a single article, making it perfect for blogs, magazines, news portals, and multi-author websites. Whether you manage a collaborative editorial team or publish guest contributions, this plugin ensures proper author attribution while maintaining a professional and structured layout.
With the Pro version, you can take author management to the next level by creating detailed author profiles with custom fields and fully customizable layouts. It also allows you to add Guest Authors without creating WordPress user accounts, making it ideal for interviews, external contributors, and occasional writers. Flexible display options such as widgets, shortcodes, and automatic placement below content give you full control over how author information appears on your site.
Core Features of PublishPress Authors Pro Plugin
- Multiple Authors per Post: Assign more than one author to any WordPress post or custom post type.
- Guest Authors Support: Add contributors without creating WordPress user accounts.
- Detailed Author Profiles: Display author name, email, bio, avatar, and additional information.
- Custom Fields (Pro): Create Text, WYSIWYG, Link, Email, and other custom fields for extended author details.
- Custom Author Layouts (Pro): Design unique author profile layouts using available fields and styling options.
- Flexible Display Options: Show author profiles below content, in widgets, or via shortcodes anywhere on your site.
- Avatar Selection: Choose custom avatars for each author profile.
- Custom Post Type Support: Assign multiple authors to posts, pages, and any custom post types.
- Admin Access Control (Pro): Control backend access permissions for authors and contributors.
- Remove Branding (Pro): Eliminate plugin ads and branding for a cleaner admin experience.
- Priority Support (Pro): Get faster and personalized technical assistance.
What’s New (Changelog) in PublishPress Authors Pro v4.18.0
[v4.18.0] - 26 October, 2026
- Update: Improve accessibility labels in author forms, #2431
- Update: Add accessible image alternatives for authors, #2432
- Update: Improve keyboard access to author controls, #2433
- Fixed: Author metadata for theme bylines, #2470
- Fixed: Use multisite aware blog name lookup, #2473
- Fixed: Conflict with the old style Ultimate Member metabox, #2487
- Fixed: False "changed in another tab" conflicts when enabling Author Box checkboxes, #2490
- Fixed: Author List shortcode ignoring show_title when list_id is set, #2495
- Fixed: Add an expiration to the rewrite rule flush transient, #2497
- Update: Batch author category relationship inserts into a single query, #2498
- Fixed: Allow administrators to edit author profiles linked to administrator accounts, #2510
- Fixed: Attempt to read property "display_name" on false, #2513
- Fixed: Attempt to read property "author_category" on false, #2512
- Fixed: View is not readable: my-custom-author-box, #2511
- Fixed: Bio loses tags or reverts to an older version when the linked WP user is updated, #2507
- Fixed: Escape author names, edit links, and quick-edit data in the admin Authors list.
- Feature: Add read-only WordPress Abilities API support for author profiles, profile fields, and post authors, #2546
- Update: Improve accessible labels for front-end author search, #2514
- Update: Announce admin validation errors, save errors, and copy confirmations to screen readers, #2515
- Update: Improve visible keyboard focus on admin controls, #2516
- Update: Make remove-author controls keyboard accessible and easier to target, #2517
- Update: Preserve Authors Index focus, announce filtered results, and identify the current letter, #2518
- Update: Improve admin text contrast, #2519
- Update: Add accessible names to icon-only links and hide decorative icons from screen readers, #2520
- Update: Improve accessible labels for author search, profile links, author editor fields, and settings, #2521, #2522, #2523
- Update: Add accessible names and progress values to migration progress bars, #2524
- Update: Announce migration and author-sync log updates to screen readers, #2525
- Update: Add custom alternative text and decorative-image options for author avatars, #2541
- Fixed: Author Boxes incorrectly showing only the first author biography after an upgrade, #2526
- Fixed: Saved block editor data restoring stale post author selections, #2528
- Fixed: Skip invalid authors when processing workflow author assignments, #2544
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