--- title: Authors List Shortcode description: "One of the shortcodes available in [PublishPress Authors](https://publishpress.com/links/authors) is the Authors List shortcode. This shortcode allow you to show a list of all the authors who are attached to posts on your site. This shortcode will not show authors if…" url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/authors-list-shortcode/" updated: "2026-10-14" category: PublishPress Authors / Authors Shortcodes --- # Authors List Shortcode One of the shortcodes available in [PublishPress Authors](https://publishpress.com/links/authors) is the Authors List shortcode. This shortcode allow you to show a list of all the authors who are attached to posts on your site. This shortcode will not show authors if they are not linked to any posts. --- ## How to Use the Authors List Shortcode This is the simplest version of the shortcode: ``` Authors List Alex Smirnov Alex, a WordPress enthusiast from the UK, helps our team by contributing to content creation, documentation, and testing. During his free time, Alex enjoys reading, working out, and taking long walks. He also finds relaxation and inspiration in exploring new books. Anderson Martins Anderson has been a developer since 2002. He was born and lives in Maringá, Brazil. He loves to play classical piano, and has a passion for learning new things. Deji Jen Kuo Jen is a Content Consultant and Writer at JenKuo.com. She lives in Sydney, Australia and writes a weekly newsletter "Behind The Brand" where she shares her behind-the-scenes process of building a True North Business with purpose, profit, passion and play in the digital economy. Jorge Montoya Jorge lived in Ecuador and Germany. Now he is back in his homeland of Colombia. He spends his time translating from English and German to Spanish. He loves to learn about open source technology. Mirza Balalić Mirza is a coffee addict that switches between writing and football watching frenzies. Ever since he met the digital world, the keyboard is his main weapon and refuses to function without headphones and good tunes. Olawale Riza Maulana Ardiyanto Riza Maulana Ardiyanto, based in Kudus, Indonesia, is a dedicated support specialist at PublishPress. Outside of work, he’s an enthusiastic mobile gamer, always eager to explore new gaming experiences and challenges. Steve Burge Steve is the founder of PublishPress. He's been working with open source software for over 20 years. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. This profile is generated by the PublishPress Authors plugin. Valentin Garcia Valentin Garcia is from Jalisco, Mexico. He is the lead designer at PublishPress. He built this website and is working to improve the PublishPress Blocks plugin. ``` Here is how this shortcode appears when added to the Gutenberg editor in a block: ![Authors List Shortcode](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/authors-list-shortcode-1024x313.png) Authors List Shortcode You can find examples of the Authors list shortcodes by going to "Authors", then "Settings", then "Shortcodes" in your WordPress site. ![Authors List Shortcodes](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/authors-list-shortcodes-1024x899.png) Authors List Shortcodes --- ## How to Customize the Authors List Shortcode The Authors List shortcode can also be customized with many options. Let's start by looking at layouts. For example, this will show all your authors in a boxed layout: ``` Authors List Alex Smirnov Alex, a WordPress enthusiast from the UK, helps our team by contributing to content creation, documentation, and testing. During his free time, Alex enjoys reading, working out, and taking long walks. He also finds relaxation and inspiration in exploring new books. Anderson Martins Anderson has been a developer since 2002. He was born and lives in Maringá, Brazil. He loves to play classical piano, and has a passion for learning new things. Deji Jen Kuo Jen is a Content Consultant and Writer at JenKuo.com. She lives in Sydney, Australia and writes a weekly newsletter "Behind The Brand" where she shares her behind-the-scenes process of building a True North Business with purpose, profit, passion and play in the digital economy. Jorge Montoya Jorge lived in Ecuador and Germany. Now he is back in his homeland of Colombia. He spends his time translating from English and German to Spanish. He loves to learn about open source technology. Mirza Balalić Mirza is a coffee addict that switches between writing and football watching frenzies. Ever since he met the digital world, the keyboard is his main weapon and refuses to function without headphones and good tunes. Olawale Riza Maulana Ardiyanto Riza Maulana Ardiyanto, based in Kudus, Indonesia, is a dedicated support specialist at PublishPress. Outside of work, he’s an enthusiastic mobile gamer, always eager to explore new gaming experiences and challenges. Steve Burge Steve is the founder of PublishPress. He's been working with open source software for over 20 years. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. This profile is generated by the PublishPress Authors plugin. Valentin Garcia Valentin Garcia is from Jalisco, Mexico. He is the lead designer at PublishPress. He built this website and is working to improve the PublishPress Blocks plugin. ``` There's a wide variety of ways you can sort and filter the authors display. Let's see some examples. You can control the number of authors per page using `limit_per_page="12"`. So this shortcode would use the Boxed layout and show 5 authors per page: ``` Authors List Alex Smirnov Alex, a WordPress enthusiast from the UK, helps our team by contributing to content creation, documentation, and testing. During his free time, Alex enjoys reading, working out, and taking long walks. He also finds relaxation and inspiration in exploring new books. Anderson Martins Anderson has been a developer since 2002. He was born and lives in Maringá, Brazil. He loves to play classical piano, and has a passion for learning new things. Deji Jen Kuo Jen is a Content Consultant and Writer at JenKuo.com. She lives in Sydney, Australia and writes a weekly newsletter "Behind The Brand" where she shares her behind-the-scenes process of building a True North Business with purpose, profit, passion and play in the digital economy. Jorge Montoya Jorge lived in Ecuador and Germany. Now he is back in his homeland of Colombia. He spends his time translating from English and German to Spanish. He loves to learn about open source technology. 1 2 Next » ``` By default, author will be hidden if they don't have any posts. You can show all authors even if they don't have any assigned posts using `show_empty="1"`. This shortcode will use the Simple List layout and only show authors who have written posts: ``` Authors List 01tech Alex Smirnov Anderson Martins Deji Jen Kuo Jorge Montoya Kevin Behrens Libby Young Mirza Balalić Olawale Paul Riza Maulana Ardiyanto Stacey Burge Steve Burge Valentin Garcia ``` You can order the display by the number of posts or the name of each author. This will display the authors in the inline layout and the authors will the most posts will be listed first: ``` Authors List Steve Burge, Riza Maulana Ardiyanto, Jorge Montoya, Deji, Valentin Garcia, Mirza Balalić, Jen Kuo, Anderson Martins, Alex Smirnov, Olawale ``` You can remove authors from the display if they have not posted in a certain time frame. This accepts values such as "`1 week ago`", "`1 month ago`", "`6 months ago`", and "`1 year ago`". ``` Authors List Alex Smirnov, Jorge Montoya, Steve Burge ``` If your layout is grouping authors together, you can customize which field is used. For example, the "Authors Index" layout uses the "First Name" field by default. This shortcode below will sort by the "Last Name" field: ``` All Authors B D G K M O S B Steve Burge D Deji G Valentin Garcia K Jen Kuo M Anderson Martins Jorge Montoya Mirza Balalić Riza Maulana Ardiyanto O Olawale S Alex Smirnov ``` If your layout has columns, the shortcode allows you customize the number of columns: ``` Authors List Alex Smirnov Alex, a WordPress enthusiast from the UK, helps our team by contributing to content creation, documentation, and testing. During his free time, Alex enjoys reading, working out, and taking long walks. He also finds relaxation and inspiration in exploring new books. Anderson Martins Anderson has been a developer since 2002. He was born and lives in Maringá, Brazil. He loves to play classical piano, and has a passion for learning new things. Deji Jen Kuo Jen is a Content Consultant and Writer at JenKuo.com. She lives in Sydney, Australia and writes a weekly newsletter "Behind The Brand" where she shares her behind-the-scenes process of building a True North Business with purpose, profit, passion and play in the digital economy. Jorge Montoya Jorge lived in Ecuador and Germany. Now he is back in his homeland of Colombia. He spends his time translating from English and German to Spanish. He loves to learn about open source technology. Mirza Balalić Mirza is a coffee addict that switches between writing and football watching frenzies. Ever since he met the digital world, the keyboard is his main weapon and refuses to function without headphones and good tunes. Olawale Riza Maulana Ardiyanto Riza Maulana Ardiyanto, based in Kudus, Indonesia, is a dedicated support specialist at PublishPress. Outside of work, he’s an enthusiastic mobile gamer, always eager to explore new gaming experiences and challenges. Steve Burge Steve is the founder of PublishPress. He's been working with open source software for over 20 years. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. This profile is generated by the PublishPress Authors plugin. Valentin Garcia Valentin Garcia is from Jalisco, Mexico. He is the lead designer at PublishPress. He built this website and is working to improve the PublishPress Blocks plugin. ```