Title: X3P0: Authors
Author: Justin Tadlock
Published: <strong>September 30, 2025</strong>
Last modified: February 23, 2026

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# X3P0: Authors

 By [Justin Tadlock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/x3p0-authors.2.0.0.zip)

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## Description

X3P0: Authors is a block that lets you display a simple list of post authors for
your site. This is especially useful if you’re coming over from using a classic 
WordPress theme and need a block that’s similar to the old `wp_list_authors()` template
tag.

Aside from the full array of normal block design tools, the block lets you choose
from several options:

 * **Number:** Decide the number of authors to list.
 * **Order By:** Choose from a variety of fields to order the list by.
 * **Order:** Whether to display the list in ascending or descending order.
 * **Has Published Posts:** Whether to only show authors who have published posts.
 * **Show Feed Link:** Whether to show an icon linked to the author’s RSS feed.
 * **Show Post Count:** Whether to display the author’s published post count.

You can find the full source code for this plugin via its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/x3p0-dev/x3p0-authors).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Editing the Authors block.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Authors Displays a list of post authors.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“X3P0: Authors” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

[Translate “X3P0: Authors” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/x3p0-authors)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/x3p0-authors/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/x3p0-authors/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/x3p0-authors/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/x3p0-authors/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Please see the `changelog.md` file included with the plugin file. Or, you can view
the [online change log](https://github.com/x3p0-dev/x3p0-authors/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.0**
 *  Last updated **3 months ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/x3p0-authors/)
 * Tags
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 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/x3p0-authors/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

## Support

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