Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors

Shopify blogs app by Hyve Labs·Easily add and display your own custom writers on blog articles.

Snapshot

4.50(2 reviews)#75of 209 inBlogs

Ongoing.AI tracks Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesBlogsMetafields

Rating

4.50

2 reviews

Pricing

From $4/mo

free_trial

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

5

launched Apr 14, 2021

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Category rank over time

Where Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors sits day-by-day in Blogs.

Position across the Blogs page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Blogs leaderboard →

Not enough history yet — chart fills in as the index accumulates.

Catalog position

Where Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Blogs category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Blogs

#75

of 209 active apps

Review count percentile

63th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

58th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

5

since 2021

Listing change cadence

What Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+11shopify_lastmod: 2026-05-01 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-24shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-24 → 2026-06-30Jun 13, 26Jun 23, 26Jul 4, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-24 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 25

2026-06-16 → 2026-06-24

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 17

2026-05-01 → 2026-06-16

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.50(2 reviews)
  • 100%positive2
  • 0%neutral0
  • 0%negative0

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    “A straight forward app, that solves a fundamental problem in the smaller Shopify-packages. Thank you for the developers for creating such an essential app!”
    Palava Sydän · 5★ · 2024-06-05

    Plans

    Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors pricing tiers.

    Basic

    $4.99/month

    • Unlimited custom authors
    • Unlimited articles
    • Unlimited blogs
    • No custom bios (able to change author name on articles)

    Pro

    $9.99/month

    • Unlimited custom authors
    • Unlimited articles
    • Unlimited blogs
    • Add custom bio, image and social media links for authors

    FAQ

    Hyve — frequently asked questions.

    What is Hyve on Shopify?
    Hyve, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors, is a Shopify app in the Blogs category. Multi Custom Authors allows you to easily add and display your own custom writers on blog articles. This is especially useful for stores that have multiple contributors / writers on their blogs and want to attribute those blog articles to the actual writer, with the option of including an image and a bio about the writer. The app also allows you to have as many authors as you need, no matter what your staff account limit is on your store. It averages 4.50 out of 5 across 2 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Hyve cost?
    Hyve has 2 paid plans on the Shopify App Store, starting at $4/month and going up to $9.99/month.
    Is Hyve free?
    No, Hyve is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $4/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was Hyve launched?
    Hyve launched on April 14, 2021 — over 5 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 2 merchant reviews.
    Is Hyve Built for Shopify?
    Hyve does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
    What are the best Hyve alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Hyve with SEOWILL, Ablestar Bulk Product Editor, StoreSEO SEO & Image Optimizer, and Avada AI Content Blog Builder. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

    Alternatives

    Apps merchants pick instead.

    CWILL

    SEOWILL: AI SEO & AI Blog Post

    4.80★1,661

    Known for: refund-process

    Ablestar

    Ablestar Bulk Product Editor

    4.90★820

    Known for: ease-of-use

    Storeware

    StoreSEO SEO & Image Optimizer

    4.90★682

    Avada SEO Suite

    Avada AI Content Blog Builder

    4.90★566
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    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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