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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 3 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content
author bio#1TOP PICK
5.002 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're surveying the marketplace
Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used author bio option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress
author bio#2RUNNER-UP
4.70158 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Adjacent tool, different job. Different use case from WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars. Listed because it is among the most-adopted author bio apps on this marketplace, not because it covers the same job.
Stylish Author Bio
author bio#3VALUE PICK
0.000 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're mapping adjacent tooling
Popular alternative to evaluate on its own merits. Solves a different problem than WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars. Useful market context; verify the capability overlap yourself before treating it as an option.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars versus the top 3.
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How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM WP POST AUTHOR – AUTHOR BOX, MULTIPLE AUTHORS, GUEST AUTHORS & CUSTOM AVATARS?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress · Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post ContentYou need a feature outside the focus
Each WordPress category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post ContentSupport response has slowed you down
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content is in the unknown band (—), while WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars, the most common landing spots are Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip the lowest-ranked options unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Cool Author Box – For Widget and Post Content
Unknown feature parity. Audit null, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 4.70★ across 158 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ Stylish Author Bio
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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