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humanmade/authorship-yoast
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Yoast SEO compatibility layer for the Authorship plugin

1.1.2(1y ago)32.2k↓50%GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

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Authorship for Yoast SEO
========================

[](#authorship-for-yoast-seo)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

The Authorship for Yoast plugin provides schema graph and meta tag support for the [Authorship Plugin](https://github.com/humanmade/authorship). It enhances the display of author information in search engine results and improves the visibility of authors on your website.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Download the latest version of the Authorship Yoast plugin from the [releases](https://github.com/humanmade/authorship-yoast/releases) page.
2. Extract the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/authorship-yoast` directory.
3. Activate the plugin through the WordPress admin dashboard.

Alternatively, you can install the plugin using Composer by following these steps:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt.
2. Navigate to your WordPress project directory.
3. Run the following command to add the plugin as a dependency: ```
    composer require humanmade/authorship-yoast
    ```
4. Once the installation is complete, activate the plugin through the WordPress admin dashboard.

FAQ
---

[](#faq)

### No authors are output

[](#no-authors-are-output)

Yoast SEO only outputs author data for post types with an Article schema type configured. You need to set the article schema type in the Yoast SEO Settings admin page, under the content types section.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Works out of the box with Yoast SEO. No configuration is required.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/humanmade/authorship-yoast).

License
-------

[](#license)

This plugin is licensed under the [GPL 3 License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html).

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

720d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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