Issue with author names

Hi, thanks for making this great plugin. I’ve unfortunately encountered an issue with author names. When I use the option to include them, the author names are repeated as you go down the list, as follows:
– Article A by Author A
– Article B by Author A by Author B
– Article C by Author A by Author B by Author C
and so on…

Not sure what’s causing it, is it possible to fix?

Also, this may be a long shot, but it would be really useful if there was an option so that, in the event that no related posts are found, recent posts within the same categor(ies) are be shown instead. What do you think?

Thanks for your help!

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