# Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors

> PublishPress Authors is the best plugin for adding authors, co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `publishpress-authors`
- Author: PublishPress
- Version: 4.18.0
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-26 (18 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.5, PHP 7.2.5
- Tags: author bio, author layouts, authors, guest authors, multiple authors
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 18 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_name profile-sync into author term name (up to 4.17.0). CVE-2026-111592, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/329226bc-7d0e-45e0-8ac0-656517e0e4ca?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'profile_fields_user_email_value_prefix' Parameter (up to 4.15.0). CVE-2026-85657, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4cc9537-879c-4c12-8b76-60241b7a3420?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-17 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.10.1). CVE-2026-25309, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ff3c560-26b6-4139-97dc-670ea9b8bb33?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-06 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.10.1). CVE-2026-25330, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ada8f195-ae5f-4f45-83b4-dd5b89e26ac9?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-07 HIGH: Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion (up to 4.7.5). CVE-2025-47496, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2730a090-e1ae-4fd5-9873-9a15dfc1efd9?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-03 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection (up to 4.7.3). CVE-2025-26886, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/604e81a2-62ba-49c6-81f4-bab2ad8419c2?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-16 HIGH: Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary User Email Update and Account Takeover (up to 4.7.1). CVE-2024-9215, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0506137-82e3-4988-9b23-370465a866c0?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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