Social Author Bio automatically adds an author bio box along with Gravatar and social icons on posts. This is the most configurable author bio box!
| Author: | Nick Powers (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.9 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.4.2 |
| Plugin version: | 2.4 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 28-09-2011 |
| Last updated: | 18-11-2012
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Plugin URI: | http://nickpowers.info/wordpress-plugins/soci... |
| Total downloads: | 40 261 |
| Active installs: | 200+ |
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Social Author Bio adds a author bio box with the author's avatar with built-in and custom social icons on pages/posts.
Examples
New to version 2.4
Thanks for all your great suggestions
- Fully integrated Google+ authorship (shows Google+ Avatar in search results)
- Added custom field (check box) on edit screen providing the ability to disable of author box on individual pages/posts
- New shortcode [social_bio_icons] which displays only the Social Icons
- Ability to adjust avatar size (admin)
- Choice of location, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio
- Number of custom links increased from 5 to 10
- Added %home% (The home URL) variable to advanced HTML section
Built in Social Icons
AIM, Digg, eMail, Facebook, Google+, iCompositions, ICQ, LinkedIn, MSN, MySpace, Pinterest, Reverbnation, Skype, Soundcloud, Technorati, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube
Custom Social Icons
Admin can create up to 5 custom social icons
Admin can control the following options from the settings menu:
- Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship sitewide
- Complete control over HTML that produces the Social Author Bio
- Complete control over CSS that styles the Social Author Bio
- Enable/disable built in and custom social icons site wide
- Admin can enable/disable Social Author Bio display on Pages, Posts, and/or shortcodes.
- Which role to start using Social Author Bio (defaults to Contributor)
- What prefix to display before user's name.
- Location of bio box, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio
- Avatar size
Users can control the following options from their profile page:
- Enable/disable Social Author Bio for their profile
- Choice of website icon (WordPress, Blogger, or website)
- Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship for their profile
- Enable/disable the built in or custom social icons on their profile
- Configure each social icon's user, username, id, etc.
- Use shortcode [social-bio] in pages/posts
- Use shortcode [social-bio id=xxx] where xxx is a user id to display
If enabled by Admin & Author Social Author Bio is displayed automatically on post/pages.
If enabled by Admin, Authors can use the [social-bio] and/or the [social_bio_icons] shortcodes in posts/pages. The shortcode can be used even if the Author disables Social Author Bio in their profile. This allows the Author to tag selected posts with their Social Author Bio.
If you have suggestions for a new add-on, feel free to Email me.