Title: WAPP Author Hub Author: usgroup Published: June 29, 2026 Last modified: June 29, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wapp-author-hub/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3589741) ![](https://ps.w.org/wapp-author-hub/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3589741) # WAPP Author Hub By [usgroup](https://profiles.wordpress.org/usgroup/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wapp-author-hub.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wapp-author-hub/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wapp-author-hub/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wapp-author-hub/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wapp-author-hub/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wapp-author-hub/) ## Description **WAPP Author Hub** enhances your WordPress site with a complete author-centric feature set: * **E-E-A-T Author Box** — Schema.org structured data (Person) on every post, improving search visibility. * **Custom Author Page** — Replaces the default WordPress author archive with a rich profile page showing avatar, bio, social links, stats and recent posts. * **Subscriber System** — Logged-in readers can subscribe to authors and receive email notifications about new posts. * **Notification Bell** — Front-end bell widget shows unread notifications for subscribed authors. * **Email Digests** — Automated or manually triggered digest emails sent to author subscribers; configurable frequency (daily / weekly / monthly). * **Author RSS Feed** — Per-author RSS feed link. * **Login / Logout Button** — Automatic SVG icon button added to the primary navigation menu. #### Privacy This plugin stores subscriber email addresses and user IDs in custom database tables on your own site. See “External Services” below for the one third-party service this plugin relies on. ### External Services This plugin relies on one external service to display author profile pictures. **Gravatar (by Automattic)** This plugin uses WordPress’s built-in `get_avatar()` function to display author profile pictures on the author box and the author page. WordPress core, by default, retrieves these images from Gravatar.com — this is standard WordPress behavior used by every theme and plugin that displays user avatars, not something this plugin adds independently. * What it is and what it’s used for: Gravatar (“Globally Recognized Avatar”) is a service that serves a profile picture associated with a person’s email address. It is used to display the post author’s avatar in the author box and on the custom author page. * What data is sent and when: Whenever an author box or author page is viewed, a cryptographic hash (MD5) of the relevant WordPress user’s email address is sent to Gravatar’s servers to retrieve the matching image. No plain-text email address is transmitted — only the one-way hash. This request happens automatically on every page load that displays an author’s avatar, for any visitor viewing that page (the visitor’s own data is not sent — only the displayed author’s email hash). * Terms of Service: https://gravatar.com/site/terms-of-service * Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/ ## Installation 1. Upload the `wapp-author-hub` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. Go to **WAPP Author Hub** in the admin menu to configure digests and settings. ## FAQ ### Does the author page replace the default WordPress author archive? Yes. When the plugin is active, visiting an author URL uses the plugin’s custom template instead of the theme’s `author.php`. ### How do I disable the notification bell? Go to **WAPP Author Hub Settings** and uncheck “Enable notification bell”. ### Where is subscriber data stored? Subscriber records are stored in two custom tables on your own database: `{prefix} wappauhu_subscribers` and `{prefix}wappauhu_notifications`. This data is not transmitted to any external service. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “WAPP Author Hub” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ usgroup ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/usgroup/) * [ WPApp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpapp/) [Translate “WAPP Author Hub” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wapp-author-hub) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wapp-author-hub/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wapp-author-hub/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wapp-author-hub/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wapp-author-hub/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **8 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[author box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-box/) [digest](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/digest/)[notification](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notification/) [subscription](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/subscription/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wapp-author-hub/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wapp-author-hub/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wapp-author-hub/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ usgroup ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/usgroup/) * [ WPApp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpapp/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wapp-author-hub/)