Title: Author Filters Author: Clarion Technologies Published: May 31, 2016 Last modified: December 21, 2020 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/author-filters.svg) # Author Filters By [Clarion Technologies](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clarionwpdeveloper/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/author-filters.3.5.6.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/) ## Description Author filters plugin has been developed with an idea to add an option to sort page, post, custom post type listing with respect to authors. Currently in WordPress core installation we have an option to sort post, page, custom post type grids with respect to category etc. However, currently an option to sort or filter the records with respect to author adds one more option to administrators to sort the listing. ## Screenshots * [[ * Screenshot overview to display author filters drop down on post listing page in admin panel. ## Installation To install Author Filters plugin, please follow the following steps: A) Install Author Filters plugin manually * Download plugin zipped folder “author- filters” from plugin directory * Unzip the “author-filters” folder * Upload `author- filters` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory * Activate the “Author Filters” plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress B) Install Author Filters plugin through WordPress * Go to Plugins > Add New > search for “author-filters” * Click Install Now for the Show notice or message on admin area plugin * Click Activate Plugin ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/987985f71100ca5beccf887f763c6ca1bb8222ee5357fa6b75f74be25b56f113? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simple and needed one](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-needed-one/)󠁿 [txdvil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/txdvil/) September 8, 2020 1 reply why wordpress is not add this simple feature thank you much for your plugin ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ed89e144fbfde394ecb9b342df63a62259ee8ff83f1eb9551577e626b6f4b25c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does the Job!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-job-386/)󠁿 [Tim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/n7studios/) July 24, 2017 Using this in WordPress 4.8, works perfectly for Pages, Posts and Custom Post Types. Simply activate the Plugin, that’s it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f48c61595ed4a3cc4185f4f6a96b32beeff4a2afc41f55671efaeb580aa53a3e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working on 4.7.4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-145/)󠁿 [ahmtozdmr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahmtozdmr/) May 3, 2017 I use this plugin very much, please update it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5abe05af2042f197df00b053c1d64422ad29e068b6594724a27e428c45cf5fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-286/)󠁿 [wpenthusiast7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpenthusiast7/) November 15, 2016 thanks for building this. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Author Filters” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Clarion Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clarionwpdeveloper/) * [ Yogesh Dalavi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yogeshdalavi/) “Author Filters” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-filters/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Author Filters” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-filters) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/author-filters/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/author-filters/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-filters/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-filters/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.5.6 Version Upgrade & tested compatibility with latest stable versions 5.6. #### 3.5.5 And code sanitization constraints. #### 3.5.1 Change in author URL. #### 3.5.0 Version Upgrade & tested compatibility with latest stable versions 5.2.2. #### 3.0.0 Version Upgrade & tested compatibility with latest stable versions 4.9.2. #### 2.0.0 Second version – Update in readme text to add Changelog section. And upgraded version to 2.0.0. #### 1.0 First version – Initial code repository. ## Meta * Version **3.5.6** * Last updated **5 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.6.17** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-filters) * Tags * [author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[custom post types](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-types/) [pages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pages/)[posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) [sorting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sorting/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-filters/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-filters/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Clarion Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clarionwpdeveloper/) * [ Yogesh Dalavi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yogeshdalavi/) ## Support Got something to say? 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