ThemeRuby Multi Authors – Assign Multiple Writers to Posts
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About
A lightweight plugin that allows you to assign multiple writers to posts, fast and easy to use.
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What It Does
ThemeRuby Multi Authors lets you assign more than one writer to a single WordPress post, displaying all contributors in the byline. It adds a meta box in the post editor where you can pick additional authors from your existing user list. The plugin focuses on doing this one job without bloating your admin with extra features.
Who It's For
This is a fit for small multi-author blogs, local news outlets, or community sites where two or three people routinely co-write articles and you want every contributor credited. It works best for site owners who want a no-frills co-authorship feature and already have authors set up as WordPress users.
Who Should Skip It
If you need guest authors who are not WordPress users, author profile pages, byline widgets, or detailed author boxes, look elsewhere. Sites that rely on rich author bios, social links, or custom author archives will find this plugin too thin.
The Bottom Line
ThemeRuby Multi Authors scores 62.28/100 and does the co-authorship job in a stripped-down way, with strong maintenance signals but no user ratings and a thin support history. It is a reasonable pick for a small site that just needs shared bylines, but most publishers will be better served by Co-Authors Plus or PublishPress Authors, which have tens of thousands of installs and richer feature sets.
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