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Musahimoun – Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Contributors for WordPress Block Themes

Musahimoun – Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Contributors for WordPress Block Themes

Description

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

βœ… Effortless Guest Contributor Integration: Add guest authors/contributors to your posts without creating user accounts. They’ll function just like regular authors.
βœ… Dedicated Author Archives: Each guest author will have their own archive page displaying all their published posts.
βœ… 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.
βœ… 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.
βœ… Ability to support any post type: You can chose which post type to add this feature to.
βœ… 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.

Screenshots

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.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/musahimoun directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the β€˜Plugins’ screen in WordPress
  3. Use the Musahimoun menu settings to configure the plugin
  4. 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 β€œContributors” pattern category, you can use them in any post single template or author archive template.
  5. All Musahimoun blocks must be wrapped by β€œMusahimoun: contributor query loop” block.

FAQ

Will Musahimoun work with my theme?

Only if it was a block theme, Musahimoun developped specifically for block themes.

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Contributors & Developers

“Musahimoun – Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Contributors for WordPress Block Themes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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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_names post 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.