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Cool Author Box 10 installs · 0.0
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-100.0%momentum 62.8weakness 8/1pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality.

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Guest Author 5.0K installs · 4.2
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-100.0%momentum 26.7weakness 2/13pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, support despite praise for quality, easy.

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Default Post Author 1.0K installs · 5.0
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-100.0%momentum 19.0weakness 1/2pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for reliable, value.

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complaint [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

[Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. complaint [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

[Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. question All html tags have disappeared

All html tags have disappeared: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · All html tags have disappeared We have been using the Guest Author Plugin with html code in the Author description field for hyperlinks and formatting. question Fatal Error

Fatal Error: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Fatal Error Hey there I use Guest Author on 2 sites and both keep reporting a fatal error from WordPress. complaint WP Umbrella

Guest Author throws a fatal error during WP Umbrella backup runs, and another user requested a simple guard despite maintainers having no planned update.

Guest Author · Error happens every night when the backups runs. Please add a if(function_exists(‘remove_meta_box’)) mixed Bug Report: Fatal Error – `remove_meta_box()` Called Too Early

Guest Author caused a fatal error with WP Umbrella by calling remove_meta_box too early, and the maintainer released the proposed fix.

Guest Author · A fatal error occurs when the plugin is active alongside WP Umbrella mixed Name of guest author is not displayed, though the corresponding URL is ..

Name of guest author is not displayed, though the corresponding URL is ..: users show compatibility, performance, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · I am using the Extra theme from Divi I have specified a guest author for a post, but instead of the name of this guest author, my own name is still given. mixed Author Pages are taking too much time and leaking memory causing timeout

Author Pages are taking too much time and leaking memory causing timeout: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Author Pages are taking too much time and leaking memory causing timeout Hello Support team, I hope yo uare doing..! mixed Significant slow down on author archives with several thousand posts (FIX)

Significant slow down on author archives with several thousand posts (FIX): users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Significant slow down on author archives with several thousand posts (FIX) Hello: We have been having an issue as of late where author archive pages have been taking an extremely long time to return anything. complaint Error creating new article as user with author role

Default Post Author immediately reassigns new posts to the default user, causing permission errors for Author-role users and prompting a request to assign on publish instead.

Default Post Author · So at the moment, the plugin breaks post creation for non-admin users. complaint Support only Free themes

Support only Free themes: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Support only Free themes They don’t test their plugin with the best/higest selling premium themes, so they have zero clue if their plugin with work with those themes or not. complaint Plugin could not be activated or may break site

Plugin could not be activated or may break site: users show compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · If you previously have successfully activated it and subsequently update your webhosting php version to 5.4+, you’ll find yourself saddled with the dreaded WordPress “white screen of death”. complaint [Plugin: Cool Author Box] box does not show

[Plugin: Cool Author Box] box does not show: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · [Plugin: Cool Author Box] box does not show Help! complaint Cool Author Box – Change Bottom Bar Color

Cool Author Box – Change Bottom Bar Color: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · Cool Author Box – Change Bottom Bar Color Hello, I just installed and activated the cool author box plugin. mixed All comment authors are named like the guest author of the post

All comment authors are named like the guest author of the post: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · I submitted this bug 7 months ago. mixed Personal URL not working

Personal URL not working: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Personal URL not working My site use the themes “ Twenty Twenty-Two ”. complaint deactivating or removing cool author box

deactivating or removing cool author box: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · deactivating or removing cool author box I would like to (at least temporarily) remove this plug in. complaint Authors visible in list, but don't save in NextGen Gallery

Authors visible in list, but don't save in NextGen Gallery: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom roles for author · So, your plugin works fine when posting articles, but not when setting up a gallery in NextGen. complaint [Plugin: CW Author Info] How Can I Add This By Manual Php Code?

[Plugin: CW Author Info] How Can I Add This By Manual Php Code?: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

CW Author Info · [Plugin: CW Author Info] How Can I Add This By Manual Php Code? complaint [Plugin: Cool Author Box] cool author box

[Plugin: Cool Author Box] cool author box: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · [Plugin: Cool Author Box] cool author box I added and activated your plugin “cool Author Box” and then my site started to error!!! complaint [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Request feature

[Plugin: Cool Author Box] Request feature: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Cool Author Box · [Plugin: Cool Author Box] Request feature This is a great plugin! mixed Author Image

Author Image: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Author Image Hi, We use this plugin all the time, the only issue we are having is that the guest author image does not show up in the front end. mixed Guest author not showing up on desktop

Guest author not showing up on desktop: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] When we specify a Guest Author on a post, that guest author shows up when the post is displayed on a mobile device. mixed Guest Author Page 404 Error

Guest Author Page 404 Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Guest Author Page 404 Error Hello, We are using Guest Author 2.2 on our multisite network (activated site-by-site instead of network activated). mixed Using the INPUT autocomplete to fill the author name results in bug

Using the INPUT autocomplete to fill the author name results in bug: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Using the INPUT autocomplete to fill the author name results in bug Hi, When I use the autocomplete of the “Author name” INPUT, author URL and description doesn’t get enabled. complaint Simple Local Avatars conflict

The user reports that activating Simple Local Avatars prevents guest author images from displaying.

Guest Author · if I activate the Simple Local Avatar plugin, it no longer displays the guest author’s image complaint Its a piece of junk

Its a piece of junk: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Guest Author · Its a piece of junk It only allows to change Author to Guest and ad a name to the author, but it does not allow to add an Avatar (it’s greyed out) nor a url (it’s also greyed out) and in the post the “guest Author” name is not shown correctly but instead it shows the website’s admin user. It only allows to change Author to Guest and ad a name to the author, neutral undefined function remove_meta_box()

undefined function remove_meta_box(): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · undefined function remove_meta_box() About once a day I receive this error message: Error Details An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 174 of the file /var/www/vhosts/…/wp-content/plugins/guest-author/guest-author.php. praise Amazing plugin, Very helpful

Amazing plugin, Very helpful: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Amazing plugin, Very helpful The Plugin is really very easy to use, helpful and simple. neutral Low quality Avatar in author box

Low quality Avatar in author box: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Low quality Avatar in author box Hello, Im having issues with avatar pictures quality in author box. praise Best plugin in the WP repo for this functionality

Best plugin in the WP repo for this functionality: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Best plugin in the WP repo for this functionality This is hands-down the easiest to use Guest Author plugin in the repo, and has made this issue (public display of custom Guest Author names without creating dozens or hundreds of WP user accounts) super easy to address. praise What they call support is rather weird

What they call support is rather weird: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · What they call support is rather weird There was another comment that I’m simply repeating here because it describes my situation exactly – after three years, nothing has changed: “They don’t test their plugin with the best/highest selling premium themes, so they have zero clue if their plugin will work with those themes or not. praise Amazing Plugin to add Guest author without registration & great support from

Amazing Plugin to add Guest author without registration & great support from: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Amazing Plugin to add Guest author without registration & great support from A Great plugin!! neutral Got error

Got error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Got error Hi, I got error everyday from WordPress. neutral guest author coming up as slugs

guest author coming up as slugs: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Guest author instead of Jaimie Julia Winters is coming up as jaimie-julia-winters after saving or publishing. praise Best Plugin for Multiple Authors

Best Plugin for Multiple Authors: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Best Plugin for Multiple Authors Best and Easy to use Plugin for Multiple/Guest Author. praise Works perfect

Works perfect: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Works perfect In my case I needed something that would create the admin part an I can then use it on my custom theme. praise Works as described

Works as described: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Works as described I am mostly writing this review to counter what was written here: crudoadmin — March 5, 2021 — Its a piece of junk In my experience, the URL, Description and Avatar boxes are only greyed out if you haven’t yet added an Author Name. praise Very simple, but it just works

Very simple, but it just works: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Very simple, but it just works It’s missing a few features that would make guest posts even more convenient, but other than that it’s very good. praise Feature request: nofollow the guest author URL

Feature request: nofollow the guest author URL: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Guest Author · Feature request: nofollow the guest author URL The plugin works as advertised and is quite simple and handy.