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Custom Team Manager

This plugin will display team members of your company using shortcode on your post or page. You just need to post members details same way as you add a new post. And everything will be there automatically. Use Team…

Active installs100+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d148▲ +70.1% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.7/516 reviews
Health score36/100At risk
All-time downloads15.3KSince Oct 2014
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.5PHP any
Downloads · 7d25▼ -30.6% week over week
Our verdict

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Custom Team Manager shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (100+ active installs)
  • No update in 4 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 6.0 (latest is 7.1)

Daily downloads

51015Jul 12Aug 25Oct 9
Yesterday5
Daily average (1y)3
Peak day21Sep 10, 2026
Last 12 months955

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Custom Team Manager stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

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Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.4100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 16 reviews

  • 5★87.5%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★6.3%
  • 2★6.3%
  • 1★0.00%

About Custom Team Manager

From the official readme · v2.4.2

Description

This plugin will display team members of your company using shortcode on your post or page. You just need to post members details same way as you add a new post. And everything will be there automatically. Use Team Management menu to add new member and see team-members page. It’s shortcode enabled, responsive and easy to use. You can change to Gridview display of members from Settings page. There are few other options too.

Recommended Plugins

  • Post Types Order – With Post Types Order, you can reorder your team members easily, it’s just drag and drop.

Plugin Features

  • You can add/edit member detail same way as post add/edit.
  • Responsive layout.
  • Shortcode enabled.
  • Settings page with Ajax save.
  • Members pagination with ajax loading.
  • Excellent CSS3 modern effects.
  • Easy to customize (if needed).
  • Automatic members page creation.
  • Option to specify number of team members to display.
  • Custom CSS option.

How To Use

  1. Install / Activate the plugin
  2. Add Team Members from Management Team menu on Dashboard.
  3. See Team Members page.
  4. Use Settings page to changes settings and custom CSS
  5. Use [cmt-content]your content here[/cmt-content] to show some content before or after shortcode [team-members] or [team-members-profile] – it’ll position the content correctly.
  6. If you use single profile on single page and get 404 Not Found for single full profile page, you need to flush permalink. Just go to Dashboard->Settings->Permalink , then click on Save button. You don’t need anything to change.

THAT’S ALL ! ENJOY !

Installation

  1. Search custom team manager from Plugins->Add New page or download from here.
  2. If you download, upload plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your server.
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ page in WordPress

How to Use

  1. If you activated the plugin successfully you’ll see a new menu item Management Team is added on Dashboard and you can add New Member same way like adding a post.
  2. View yousite.com/team-members/ page and click to any member to view detail page.
  3. If you want to show team members to any other page just add the shortcode [team-members]
    And [team-members-profile] for members detail page.
  4. Use Settings page to changes settings.
  5. Use [cmt-content]your content here[/cmt-content] to show some content before or after shortcode [team-members] or [team-members-profile] – it’ll position the content correctly.
  6. If you use single profile on single page and get 404 Not Found for single full profile page, you need to flush permalink. Just go to Dashboard->Settings->Permalink , then click on Save button. You don’t need anything to change.

Frequently asked questions

What shortcode to use to show members on a page?

Shortcode [team-members] to show all members on a page And [team-members-profile] for members detail page.

Show members according to category

Use [team-members category="your-category"] and if you want to show all members full profile on a single page while you are using category, you’ve to use [team-members category="your-category" pageid="full-profile-pageid"] and on the full profile page use shortcode [team-members-profile category="your-category"] but if you want to show each member full profile on separate page then you no need to worry about full profile page.

What if you get 404 Not Found for single profile on single page

Just go to Dashboard->Settings->Permalink , then click on Save button. You don’t need anything to change.

Is there any page creating automatically when activating the plugin?

Yes, two pages are creating when activating the plugin. One is to show all members and another is to show member’s detail. 1. Team Members 2. Team Members Profile.

Is there any options/settings page for the plugin?

Yes, you can change few options there from plugin Settings page.

Do you need to use any supporting plugin for best use of this plugin?

Yes, if you want to reorder your members, please install and activate ‘Post Types Order’ plugin.

I want to add text and images before the [team-members] And [team-members-profile], but it load the plugin infor then the information that I add before the plugin. How to position correctly ?

Use [cmt-content]your content here[/cmt-content] to show some content before or after shortcode [team-members] or [team-members-profile] – it’ll position the content correctly.

Changelog

Soon will update to 2.4.2 with some style change.

ver 2.4.2 – 24.08.2022

  • Removed donation link
  • changed author url

ver 2.4.1 – 13.01.2015

  • Added Category option
  • Added slug input option

ver 2.3.2 – 24.11.2014

  • Added options to select page for members full profile.
  • Added two types of full profile view.

ver 2.1.1 – 28.10.2014

  • Fixed – Position of some text before/after Team Members

ver 2.1.0 – 27.10.2014

  • Added Settings page.
  • Fixed some style problem.

ver 1.0.0 – 20.10.2014

  • Initial release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Team Members page view.
Team Members page view.
Team Members Profile page view.
Team Members Profile page view.
Settings Page view.
Settings Page view.

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FAQ

Custom Team Manager: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 10, 2026

Is Custom Team Manager free?

Yes. Custom Team Manager is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Custom Team Manager safe to use in 2026?

Custom Team Manager shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Custom Team Manager?

Custom Team Manager is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 15,282 times since it launched in October 2014. It was downloaded 148 times in the last 30 days.

Does Custom Team Manager work with WordPress 7.1?

Custom Team Manager is officially tested up to WordPress 6.0.17, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Custom Team Manager last updated?

The latest version, 2.4.2, was released on August 24, 2022 (4 years ago).

Who makes Custom Team Manager?

Custom Team Manager is developed and maintained by Ibnul H..

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