Title: WP Google Authorship
Author: Mervin Praison
Published: <strong>February 13, 2012</strong>
Last modified: November 8, 2025

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# WP Google Authorship

 By [Mervin Praison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-plus-author.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-plus-author/)

## Description

This plugin helps you add Google authorship markup to your WordPress site, allowing
your Google Plus profile picture to appear in Google Search results.

Features:
 * Easy 4-step setup process * Multiple author support * Multisite compatible*
Shortcode support

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/google-plus-author/`
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to Users > Your Profile
 4. Enter your Google Plus Profile URL
 5. Use the shortcode [googleplusauthor] or the PHP function

## FAQ

### How do I use this plugin?

Simply add your Google Plus profile URL in your user profile settings, then use 
the shortcode [googleplusauthor] in your posts or the PHP function google_plus_author()
in your theme.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-1350/)󠁿

 [Mervin Praison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/) September 3, 2016

Nice

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP Google Authorship” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mervin Praison ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

[Translate “WP Google Authorship” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/google-plus-author)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-plus-author/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/google-plus-author/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/google-plus-author/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/google-plus-author/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.1

 * Security: Added nonce verification for form submissions
 * Security: Added input sanitization with esc_url_raw() and sanitize_text_field()
 * Security: Added proper output escaping
 * Improved: Replaced deprecated get_currentuserinfo() with wp_get_current_user()
 * Improved: Replaced deprecated update_usermeta() with update_user_meta()
 * Improved: Added text domain for translations
 * Improved: WordPress 6.8 compatibility
 * Fixed: Updated license to GPLv2 or later

#### 2.0

 * Previous version

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[authorship](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/authorship/)
   [google](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google/)[google plus](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-plus/)
   [seo](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/google-plus-author/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-plus-author/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-plus-author/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Mervin Praison ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-plus-author/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://mer.vin)