Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors v4.15.0
PublishPress Authors allows you to create, manage and display authors for all your WordPress content. The plugin provides author boxes that can display one author, coauthors, multiple authors or even...
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- Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 12, 2026
- Last audited Sep 12, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.2.5+
- Requires WordPress 5.5+
- Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 58% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 64 Passed
- 45 Warnings
- 16 Failed
20 of 37 checks passed.
32 of 61 checks passed.
4 of 12 checks passed.
4 of 6 checks passed.
1 of 3 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
5.7 MB
22.6 MB unzipped
Total files
1,000
across all file types
Lines of PHP
39,995
in 126 files Large
File types
- JS
- PHP
- PO
- MO
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 50 Critical
- 287 High
- 384 Medium
- 442 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 30 audited versions of Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors, The largest regression was in Security (-11). The codebase grew 45% in size.
Audited 4.1.5 → 4.15.0 · 30 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
11,114
downloads
Today
830
downloads
Week over week
+793%
vs previous week
Month over month
+145%
vs previous month
Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
42% of installs run an older version
≈ 8.3K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v4.7
- v4.10
- v4.13
- v4.14
- v4.15
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Jun 4, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 17 days
average between releases
Total releases
93
since Jan 2020 · 6 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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