About this plugin
ThemeRuby Multi Authors is a plugin that enables assigning multiple writers to posts and custom post types. Perfect for collaborative blogging, editorial teams, and news websites.
It is specifically designed for news sites, magazines, agencies, and content teams who need flexible author attribution with zero performance impact. SEO-optimized and featuring an easy-to-use editor panel.
🎯 Why Choose ThemeRuby Multi Authors?
Powerful Features
* Unlimited Authors: Assign as many writers as needed per post.
* Author Page: Automatically filters to show all multi-author posts.
* Custom Post Types: Enable multi-authors for any post type.
* Ready Shortcodes: Display authors anywhere with flexible shortcodes.
* Author Box: Beautiful author bio boxes in single post.
SEO Optimized & Fast Performance
* Popular SEO Plugins: Full compatibility with major SEO plugin schema systems.
* Optimized Queries: Efficient database lookups.
* Built-in Caching: Smart caching reduces load.
Developer Friendly
* Clean Public API: Simple functions: tmauthors_get_post_authors(), tmauthors_the_authors().
* WP_Query Compatible: Works seamlessly with author, author_name, author__in parameters.
Key Features
Multi-Author Management
* Unlimited co-authors per post.
* Search and select from all site users.
* Works with custom post types.
* Author archives show all posts (primary + co-authored).
* GDPR compliant.
Display & Shortcodes
* [tmauthors] – Display author names with links.
* [tmauthors_box] – Full author box with avatars and bios.
* [tmauthors_count] – Show number of authors.
* [tmauthors_list] – Authors as formatted list.
* [tmauthors_avatars] – Author avatars only.
Developer Friendly
* Clean API: tmauthors_get_post_authors(), tmauthors_the_authors().
* WP_Query compatible: author, author__in, author_name parameters.
* Extensive hooks and filters.
For Developers
The plugin provides a complete developer toolkit. For further details, please refer to the documentation.
- Documentation
Shortcode Usage
Display authors anywhere using flexible shortcodes:
Basic usage:
[tmauthors]
With custom separator:
[tmauthors separator=” & ” before=”By “]
Author box:
[tmauthors_box show_avatar=”true” avatar_size=”120″]
All options:
[tmauthors post_id=”123″ separator=”, ” link=”true” before=”By ” after=””]
[tmauthors_box post_id=”123″ show_avatar=”true” show_bio=”true” avatar_size=”120″]
Available shortcodes: [tmauthors], [tmauthors_box], [tmauthors_count], [tmauthors_list], [tmauthors_avatars].
🔗 Useful Links
- Documentation.
- ThemeRuby Website.
- Support Forum.