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custom-author-byline

Custom Author Byline

Allows you to add an author name and link to the byline, other than the actual logged in user, without that custom author having to have a WordPress a …

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Download Momentum

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Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97
author_noncename errors

author_noncename errors: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
author_noncename errors When editing menus (using UberMenu plugin), the plugin generates an error for each menu item Notice: Undefined index: author_noncename in /webroot/wp-content/plugins/custom-author-byline/custom-author-byline.php on line 80 This error can be resolved by checking for the existence of the nonce name in $POST before attempting to verify a
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Change my author url

Change my author url: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
This plugin is also hide my actual login username form hackers.
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution

Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution This buggy plugin is flawed in concept and appears to be developmentally moribund.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme

[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme Once the Suffusion theme was installed, the custom byline stopped working.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8
Custom Author URI

Custom Author URI: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
My theme calls for an author name to show the link, but it doesn’t appear using the custom value.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8
Try to filter all author-related queries

Try to filter all author-related queries: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Try to filter all author-related queries Great plugin — simple and minimal design, love it.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Started getting Error messages

Started getting Error messages: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Started getting Error messages Hi, This plugin has been working fine but today I am getting two new error messages in my error s log: [30-Apr-2017 18:14:42 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined index: author_noncename in /home/baee_2012/dev.baeecorp.org/wp-content/plugins/custom-author-byline/custom-author-byline.php on line 80 [30-Apr-2017 18:19:28 UTC] PHP Notice: Un
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Do we have ZERO star?

Do we have ZERO star?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Don’t know why WordPress not support rating at ZERO star.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.74
[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Non-user author bio

[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Non-user author bio: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Non-user author bio Hi — This is perfect for what I need, except .
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Compatible with WordPress 4.2

Compatible with WordPress 4.2: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Compatible with WordPress 4.2 Hello, Will you be updating this plugin to be compatible with WordPress 4.2.2?

Competitor Context

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WP Author, Date and Meta Remover weak incumbent · intel 81.8 · weakness 75.9
weak incumbent
stale update history below-average rating migration missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Edit Author Slug weak incumbent · intel 80.3 · weakness 70.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 23 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans weak incumbent · intel 78.3 · weakness 68.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 14 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test users roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Meks Smart Author Widget weak incumbent · intel 78.0 · weakness 68.6
weak incumbent
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test user roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Mooberry Book Manager praise owner · intel 76.3 · weakness 67.0
praise owner
stale update history 9 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Author Image praise owner · intel 75.9 · weakness 66.6
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Authors Widget praise owner · intel 75.5 · weakness 66.2
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Author Bio Box praise owner · intel 75.0 · weakness 65.7
praise owner
stale update history 10 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

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complaint What if i want do Add Biography? support · 2018-03-16T17:56:08+00:00 · medium severity · author

What if i want do Add Biography?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Could u help me?
support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Started getting Error messages support · 2017-04-30T18:51:31+00:00 · medium severity · author

Started getting Error messages: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Started getting Error messages Hi, This plugin has been working fine but today I am getting two new error messages in my error s log: [30-Apr-2017 18:14:42 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined index: author_noncename in /home/baee_2012/dev.baeecorp.org/wp-content/plugins/custom-author-byline/custom-author-byline.php on line 80 [30-Apr-2017 18:19:28 UTC] PHP Notice: Un
bugs compatibility dashboard content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise This is a basic, but very reliable plugin (5 stars) review · 2016-05-31T16:39:20+00:00 · medium severity · author

This is a basic, but very reliable plugin: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: This is a basic, but very reliable plugin I’ve been using this one for years, and should have left a positive review long before.
reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Remove link from byline support · 2016-01-31T18:38:59+00:00 · medium severity · author

Remove link from byline: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: The way it is now, every time someone clicks on a custom byline, they are sent to a page showing all the post from the user who published it.
value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral Custom Author Byline not showing for some subscribers support · 2016-01-04T21:32:53+00:00 · medium severity · author

Custom Author Byline not showing for some subscribers: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Custom Author Byline not showing for some subscribers Most blog subscribers receive only a URL for the latest post. At least one subscriber receives the entire teaser + graphic for each post. This notification lists the admin as the author, not the person listed on the Custom Author Byline. We expect that all external views will see the Custom Author name, n
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Works for my requirment (5 stars) review · 2015-11-28T09:04:14+00:00 · medium severity · author

Works for my requirment: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works for my requirment I used this plugin so that I don’t have to create any extra users for the articles that others write, instead I can give their name as well as a link to the source.
reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint This is fake plugin (1 star) review · 2015-09-23T08:02:09+00:00 · medium severity · author

This is fake plugin: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: This is fake plugin Speechless for this. Useless thing. Speechless for this. Useless thing.
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Who are using this? (1 star) review · 2015-09-23T07:52:05+00:00 · medium severity · author

Who are using this?: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Who are using this? I want to see the faces of who are using this plugin. I mean, what are their face shape, are they similar with normal ones? I want to see the faces of who are using this plugin. I mean, what are their face shape, are they similar with normal ones?
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Do we have ZERO star? (1 star) review · 2015-09-23T07:42:00+00:00 · medium severity · author

Do we have ZERO star?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Don’t know why WordPress not support rating at ZERO star.
missing feature support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Bad Plugin and no long compatible with WordPress (1 star) review · 2015-09-23T07:11:05+00:00 · medium severity · author

Bad Plugin and no long compatible with WordPress: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Bad Plugin and no long compatible with WordPress Keep away from this plugin.
compatibility content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Compatible with WordPress 4.2 support · 2015-07-16T14:44:11+00:00 · medium severity · author

Compatible with WordPress 4.2: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Compatible with WordPress 4.2 Hello, Will you be updating this plugin to be compatible with WordPress 4.2.2?
compatibility content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution (1 star) review · 2014-03-05T18:04:10+00:00 · medium severity · author

Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Buggy, unsupported, poorly implemented solution This buggy plugin is flawed in concept and appears to be developmentally moribund.
bugs compatibility support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Custom Author URI support · 2013-06-07T02:32:54+00:00 · medium severity · author

Custom Author URI: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: My theme calls for an author name to show the link, but it doesn’t appear using the custom value.
compatibility missing feature reliable value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint author_noncename errors support · 2013-04-23T19:26:15+00:00 · high severity · author

author_noncename errors: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: author_noncename errors When editing menus (using UberMenu plugin), the plugin generates an error for each menu item Notice: Undefined index: author_noncename in /webroot/wp-content/plugins/custom-author-byline/custom-author-byline.php on line 80 This error can be resolved by checking for the existence of the nonce name in $POST before attempting to verify a
security bugs compatibility support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source plugin
praise Awesome (5 stars) review · 2013-04-03T15:12:33+00:00 · medium severity · author

Awesome: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Awesome This is simply amazing. Thanks alot for this plugin, I was searching for ages for a joomla-like custom author experience and I’ve found it right here 😉 This is simply amazing. Thanks alot for this plugin, I was searching for ages for a joomla-like custom author experience and I’ve found it right here 😉
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Perfect ! (5 stars) review · 2013-01-31T14:55:15+00:00 · medium severity · author

Perfect !: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfect !
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint Try to filter all author-related queries support · 2012-12-27T14:38:12+00:00 · medium severity · author

Try to filter all author-related queries: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Try to filter all author-related queries Great plugin — simple and minimal design, love it.
bugs compatibility easy reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Change my author url (5 stars) review · 2012-11-13T19:28:50+00:00 · high severity · author

Change my author url: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This plugin is also hide my actual login username form hackers.
security form content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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complaint [Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme support · 2012-07-16T22:21:16+00:00 · medium severity · author

[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Doesn't work with Suffusion theme Once the Suffusion theme was installed, the custom byline stopped working.
bugs compatibility setup content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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question [Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Custom Author Page? support · 2012-05-10T17:32:05+00:00 · medium severity · author

[Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Custom Author Page?: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: [Plugin: Custom Author Byline] Custom Author Page? Hey thanks for this plugin… just what I needed. Is there a way to have it show all of the custom author bylines on one page/paginated pages? And if so, is there a way to link those to all the posts by that author? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-author-byline/ [ Please do not bump, that’s not perm
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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