Author Bio

This plug-in will add the post authors biographical information (from their wordpress profile) to the bottom of the post (although only on the single page view of the post, not the main page).

The label that’s displayed infront of the users first name is configurable on the plug-ins settings page.

The plug-in can be downloaded from the wordpress plug-in repoistory.

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#1 written by Freewomyn
about 2 weeks ago

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Is there a way to change the color and style of the text for this plug-in?
#2 written by david
about 1 month ago

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marta: hi, i installed the plugin but it doesn’t show any profile picture.

Check out revision 0.07 of the plug-in. I added support for including the authors gravatar in the bio box.

i also installed another widget “user photo” to upload picture when not using avatar but i can’t see to make it work.

That plug-in isn’t supported in the author-bio plugin.
#3 written by marta
about 1 month ago

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hi, i installed the plugin but it doesn’t show any profile picture. i also installed another widget “user photo” to upload picture when not using avatar but i can’t see to make it work. pls help
#4 written by Brigitte Mehr
about 2 months ago

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I downloaded the plugin and it is activated but I cannot work out how to use it as it does not automatically appear at the end of my post??
- #5 written by david
  about 2 months ago
  
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  it does not automatically appear at the end of my post??
  
  It actually is showing up on your posts … you just don’t have any text in the author description. Look for the “About:” just below the share button.
- #6 written by Brigitte Mehr
  about 2 months ago
  
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  Hmm very curious as it is not showing up on any of my computers and even so I cannot work out how to add my author description?
  
  Thanks
  Brigitte
  - #7 written by david
    about 2 months ago
    
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    mm very curious as it is not showing up on any of my computers
    
    Clear your cache & refresh the page?
    
    I cannot work out how to add my author description
    
    Go to the authors & users menu and edit the user you want to add a description to.
    
    If you want to edit yourself, simply click on the your name in the upper right hand side of the admin interface.
#8 written by Asaf
about 2 months ago

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I have one author who is actually a couple so I need to include two bios under one authorship. Trouble is that the plugin won’t let me separate the paragraphs. It allows for the but no others including italicizing for the title’s of books or hyperlinks. Are there certain tags that would work or does the plugin require an update for that?
#9 written by Bryoz
about 2 months ago

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David! What’s happened?!

No longer displaying gravatar images since updating to version 0.06. Is this a known error or have I done something wrong?

Awesome plugin btw, thanks for your hard work!
- #10 written by david
  about 2 months ago
  
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  I’ll check into it this weekend.
- #11 written by david
  about 2 months ago
  
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  Bryoz: Contact me via email private (david at midrange.com) so I can send you a new version that re-implements some stuff that I did earlier.
#12 written by Michele
about 2 months ago

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david:
I’ve fixed that.Install version 0.06.

thanks, it worked!
#13 written by david
about 2 months ago

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Michele: Useful plugin. I can’t change the “About:” into “A proposito di:” though (I did set it in the prefs). No change…

I’ve fixed that. Install version 0.06.
#14 written by Michele
about 2 months ago

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Useful plugin. I can’t change the “About:” into “A proposito di:” though (I did set it in the prefs). No change…
#15 written by Abhinav
about 3 months ago

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Yes, precisely. Similar to all the ezine websites where a customizable field is provided for each single post.
- #16 written by david
  about 3 months ago
  
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  I think that’s beyond the scope of my plug-in.
#17 written by Abhinav
about 3 months ago

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Hi David,

I like your plugin. But, is it possible to have a author bio for each of the individual posts, similar to ezinearticles.com?

Abhinav
- #18 written by david
  about 3 months ago
  
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  is it possible to have a author bio for each of the individual posts
  
  Not sure I completely understand what you are looking for.
  
  Do you mean a author bio that is customizable on a per post basis?
#19 written by david
about 11 months ago

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I installed the author bio plug-in. When I go to my website, I dont see the author section. What am I doing wrong?

I looked at your blog and it appears to be working fine.

About Christy:
Christy Lynn Abram is author of the highly anticipated book…
#20 written by Christy Abram
about 11 months ago

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David,

I installed the author bio plug-in. When I go to my website, I dont see the author section. What am I doing wrong?
#21 written by Nancy
about 12 months ago

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That would work well!
#22 written by david
about 12 months ago

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Nancy, would being able to specify which categories the bio shows up in or doesn’t show up in sufficient? I’m working on just such a modification.
#23 written by Nancy
about 1 year ago

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Is there a way to make this as an option? There are some posts that I don’t want it to appear on.

Thanks.
#24 written by david
about 1 year ago

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where exactly would I place this cell table?

You don’t do anything with it … it’s just there. You can alter the style of it if you want. Take a look at the generated HTML to see the classes used.

and can hyperlinks
to an authors other sites be included?

I could probably add a link to the authors website if it’s set.

I’ll try to get all the suggestions in the next version… although I don’t know when I’ll have a chance to get to it.
#25 written by david
about 1 year ago

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Can you post a picture with it ?

I might be able to include the authors gravitar … would that be sufficient?
#26 written by Cody
about 1 year ago

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Can you post a picture with it ? Like in the parameter of the about ?
#27 written by Valery
about 1 year ago

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Sorry — new to all of this… where exactly would I place this cell table?

and can hyperlinks to an authors other sites be included?

Thanks and thrive…

Valery ~
#28 written by david
about 1 year ago

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How did you get that cool box to appear around the author bio?

It’s just a single cell table. The blog’s normal styles handle the appearance.
#29 written by Valery
about 1 year ago

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Hi David

Great plugin! How did you get that cool box to appear around the author bio?

Thanks!

Valery ~
#30 written by david
about 1 year ago

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I really do … just not this blog. I’m the only author on this blog, so there’s no real use for it. If you go to http://imho.midrange.com, you’ll see the plug-in in action.
#31 written by Missy
about 1 year ago

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How come you don’t have it on your blog, David? I only ask cause i want to know how it looks. I went to the WordPress download page and there is no screenshot there either.

Let me know. Thx!