Title: Show authors without posts Author: powtac Published: December 1, 2008 Last modified: March 6, 2013 --- 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/show-authors-without-posts.svg) # Show authors without posts By [powtac](https://profiles.wordpress.org/powtac/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/show-authors-without-posts.zip) * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/#installation) * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/) ## Description This plugin prevents the 404 error on author pages when the author has no posts. It is published under the GPL 2 licence (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/ gpl-2.0.txt). The original idea was taken from the the “List Authors” plugin here: http://guff. szub.net/source/custom-list-authors.php ## Screenshots * [[ * Screenshot of the plugin section in the WP admin backend, which shows, where to activate the plugin. ## Installation 1. Upload `/show-authors-without-posts/show-authors-without-posts.php` to the `/wp- content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s all. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Show authors without posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ powtac ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/powtac/) * [ mzeecedric ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzeecedric/) * [ kikuyumoja ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kikuyumoja/) [Translate “Show authors without posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/show-authors-without-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-authors-without-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/show-authors-without-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-authors-without-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-authors-without-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 2.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.5.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/) * Tags * [404](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/404/)[author](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/) [authors](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/authors/)[post](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) [posts](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/show-authors-without-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ powtac ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/powtac/) * [ mzeecedric ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzeecedric/) * [ kikuyumoja ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kikuyumoja/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-authors-without-posts/)