Unleash the power of your author website with WordPress
Elevate your online presence and engage your readers with the Author WP plugin and theme, meticulously designed to deliver an unparalleled WordPress website experience for authors and publishers.
Effortlessly manage your books
Author WP makes the process of adding and managing your books easy. Our comprehensive plugin allows you to effortlessly upload book covers, captivating blurbs, and even enrich your content with engaging features like extracts and videos.
Centralised book review management
Streamline your book review management with our centralised system. Keep track of all your valuable reviews in one place, and effortlessly leverage them across your website to engage and inspire your readers.
Seamless retailer integration
Maximise book sales by providing a seamless purchasing experience for your visitors. Easily link to your preferred online retailers, ensuring readers can purchase your books effortlessly. With our native BookBuy integration, managing buy-links becomes an automated process.
Manage authors and contributors
For publishers or authors collaborating with co-authors or illustrators, our platform offers efficient management of contributors. Easily organise and manage authors and contributors independently, eliminating unnecessary repetition and ensuring a smooth workflow.
Gutenberg blocks
Take full control over your website’s layout and functionality with our dedicated Gutenberg blocks included in the Author WP plugin and theme. Empower your site editors with extensive customisation options.
Theme support
Author WP offers a fully-functioning site right out of the box. However, we understand that each author is unique. That’s why we provide ample configuration options, allowing you to tailor the plugin and theme to suit your specific needs.
Start today, download for free.
If you’re looking for an effective but simple way to create an author website with WordPress, look no further than Author WP. Try it out today and see the difference it can make for you.
Easy to install and configure
Effortlessly manage your books
Centralised review management
Search optimised book pages
Seamless retailer integration
A fully-functioning site right out of the box
Dedicated Gutenberg blocks
Extensive customisation options
Further help and support with your author website
When you sign up for one of our support packages, our UK based team proactively monitors your website and regularly install available updates. They’ll provide a rapid response to ad-hoc requests, and can assist with design, development, maintenance or customising your website.
Level 1
Typically this allows for monthly updates and some support, training, design or tweaking the style of a page. It’s likely to cover 1 or 2 small requests a month.
Get in touchLevel 2
Typically this allows for monthly updates, plus support, training, design or tweaking the style of a page. It’s likely that this will cover several requests or one larger request like adding a new page template to your CMS.
Get in touchBespoke
We develop and support many complex websites and applications and we can provide bespoke packages based on your needs. Get in touch to discuss your requirements.
Get in touchDo the free plugin and theme give me everything I need?
Absolutely, install our free plugin and theme on a new instance of WordPress and start adding your content.
Can I use the plugin with my existing website and theme?
Of course, the Author WP plugin will work with any theme. Use the Gutenberg blocks to add elements to your existing site and theme.
Can I upgrade to the Pro plugin at any time?
We recommend starting with our free plugin, install it and see if it meets your needs, if not, Author WP Pro offers even richer features.
How can I get support?
Please post any questions in the plugin support forum on wordpress.org. If you need further help, we can offer support packages to suit most needs, see details above.
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