Descripcion
This plugin allows you to seamlessly add guest authors or contributors to your WordPress posts, specifically within block themes (Full Site Editing). Guest authors/contributors created with this plugin function identically to regular user authors, complete with dedicated archive pages showcasing all their content.
Key Features
✅ Effortless Guest Contributor Integration: Add guest authors/contributors to your posts without creating user accounts. They’ll function just like regular authors.
✅ Dedicated Author Archives: Each guest author will have their own archive page displaying all their published posts.
✅ Multiple Post Guest Author or Contributor Support: Have a variety of guest authors/contributors? No problem! This plugin allows for the addition of multiple guest authors/contributors.
✅ Multiple Roles Support: Have a variety of post contributtor (author, fact-checker, etc)? No problem! This plugin allows for the assingment of multiple roles for contributors.
✅ Ability to support any post type: You can chose which post type to add this feature to.
✅ One click migratiion from PublisherPress Authors: You can migrate on one click from PublisherPress Authors. Migration from other plugins will be included in new releases soon.
Othor
You can use the mshmn_all_post_author_names custom field (post meta) to retrieve all primary authors or contributors assigned under the default role.
A common use case is when you want to define a custom schema.org configuration for a post type, and want to set the post author attribute.
Blocks
This plugin provides 7 blocks.
- Musahimoun: Role Prefix Displays Role Prefix for contributors
- Musahimoun: Contributor Biography Displays the author's biography.
- Musahimoun: Contributor Avatar Displays the author's avatar.
- Musahimoun: Role Assignment Query Loop This component allows you to display all of the contributors of a post base by their roles (authors or else), along with their data.
- Musahimoun: Contributor Email Displays the author's email address.
- Musahimoun: Contributor Name Displays the author's name.
- Musahimoun: Contributor Query Loop This component allows you to display all of the contributors, along with their data.
Installacion
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/musahimoundirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
- Use the Musahimoun menu settings to configure the plugin
- Go to appearance->editor and use the blocks provided by this plugin instead of WordPress default ones or you can use our ready patterns for quick start under « Contributors » pattern category, you can use them in any post single template or author archive template.
- All Musahimoun blocks must be wrapped by « Musahimoun: contributor query loop » block.
FAQ
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Will Musahimoun work with my theme?
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Only if it was a block theme, Musahimoun developped specifically for block themes.
Contributors & Developers
“Musahimoun – Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Contributors for WordPress Block Themes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Musahimoun – Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Contributors for WordPress Block Themes” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
1.2.3 (2025-09-29)
- Fix bug: author archive display multiple contributors instead of one.
1.2.3 (2025-09-15)
- Fix fatal error.
1.2.2 (2025-09-15)
- Fix fatal error.
1.2.1 (2025-09-15)
- Fix fatal error.
- Modify the foreign key constraint on database.
1.2.0 (2025-09-15)
- Fix front page 404 error when homepage is set to static.
- Add
mshmn_all_post_author_namespost meta. - Add ability to make a default role.
- Add default role assingment for new posts.
- Add ability to set a list of included real user roles to be shown in contirbutors table, and to be avaiable when setting a contributor in post.

