WP Author Profile Box is an easy to use plugin that adds an author box at the end of your posts, showing the title for the author box, author name ,author description and also display the author social icons. This plugin provides various kind of feature , setting which makes this plugin more attractive.
The compatibility of the plugin is also one of the features. It can also be modified very easily through custom templates.
Installing WP Author Profile Box is very easy. Once you have installed the plugin, simply go to the plugin menu and activate the installed plugin. Now you will be able to manage the available three setting ie. Basic setting, Appearance, other setting for your author box.
1. Download the plugin (.zip file).
2. In your Admin, go to menu Plugins > Add.
3. Select the tab “Upload”.
4. Upload the .zip file you just downloaded.
5. Activate the plugin.
1. Once you buy the plugin, you will get zip folder.
2. Unzip the folder and Upload `wp-documentation-pro` folder to the `/wp- content/plugins/` directory.
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
WP Author Profile Box is a very easy to use plugin, with very simple and understandable settings. These settings and features can be setup with easy and without any hassle. A simple walk-through of each feature of the plugin has been provided in detail.
1. Facebook
2. Youtube
3. twitter
4. Google Plus
5. Dribble
6. Pinterest
7. Bitbucket
8. Github
9. Codepen
10. Flickr
11. Fedicons
12. Foursquare
13. Instagram
14. Tumblr
15. Reddit
16. Vimeo
17. Digg
18. Twitch Tv
19. Stumbleupon
20. Delicious
21. Soundcloud
22. WordPress
23. Jsfiddle
24. Tripadvisor
25. Angel
26. Slack
To add the new user you can go to Dashboard > Users > Add New and fill up the required fields.
You can find Basic Settings in Dashboard > Users > Author Settings > Basic Settings.
Activate the button to allow author box for all the user otherwise you need select the specific user.
If the button is not activated then you need to select the specific user to allow the author box.
Activate the button to allow author box for all post.
If not activated then you need to select the post for which you are going to allow the author box.
If your theme or another plugin already loading Font Awesome, you can disable loading by activating the button.
You can choose the layout of the author box as Right , Left , Center , Tab , Box as per your requirement.
The plugin also provides an option to choose between five different layouts i.e. Right, Left, center, Top, Box.
If the right template is chosen.
Output:
Then the author description will be in the left side and author profile picture will be in the right side.
If the left template is chosen.
Output:
Then the author description will be on the right side and author profile picture will be in the left side.
If the center template is chosen.
Output:
Then the author description will be on the center of the box and author profile picture will also be in the center but it will be located above the description.
If the tab template is chosen.
Output:
Then the author description will be in the right side ,author profile picture will be in the left side and the total layout is give below.
If the box template is chosen.
Output:
Then the output be will as give below.
You can find Appearance Settings in Dashboard > Users > Author Settings > Appearance.
You can change the title name of the author box. Here in the screen shot, title of the author box is ‘About the author! ‘.
You can set the margin top for the box as per the requirement.
Similarly you can set the margin botton for the box as per your requirement.
If you would like to customize the author box on your theme,you can also do it via the plugin provided custom CSS option. The Custom CSS settings is packed with straight forward settings to provide custom CSS editing.
You can find other Settings in Dashboard > Users > Author Settings > Other Settings.
Activate the button to auto insert the author box.
Also you can deactivate the box to insert the box manually.If you want to manually insert the Author Box in your template file , you can use the following code snippet where you would want the author box to show.
echo Wp_Author_Profile_Box_Front::wp_author_profile_box_content();
You can activate the botton to hide the author box if you do not give any description.
Also you can simply keep the description box even if you do not enter the description.
You can activate the button to hide the social icon.
You can deactivate the button to show the social icon.
You can activate the button to open the link of social icon in a new tab .
Also you can deactivate the button to simply open the link of social icon in the same page.
You can find Social links Settings in Dashboard > Users > admin > social links.
You can add the social links for each user and connect with your audience on all levels.
The WP Author Profile Box plugin is the best plugin,with features like Option to use Font awesome, author name, author description, author website and social icons, support multiple social icon, can even hide the social icon through other settings etc.
The plugin will fetch the authors profile image from Gravatar which is assigned to the users email address. This is one of the major flexible feature of the plugin, this feature makes sure, you do not have any hassle while showing your author profile display picture.
The plugin also provides maximum social icons for your author profile. The plugin provides 20+ social icons and if it does not have the social icon you are requesting, we are always here to provide you with the solution to add your requested social icon as long as it is available in Font Awesome Library.
You can also add multiple social icons for same social networks as much as you like.
If you are new to WordPress and have no idea on which plugin to use to show your author profile, the WP Author Profile Box is just the plugin for you. It is easy to use with simple but effective features.
The plugin provides two options to show author profile one is the auto method where the plugin will integrate the author box on your blog posts detail view just below the content. Another option is the manual method where you will have to add the plugin provided code to your theme file where you like to show your author profile.
If you would like to customize the author box on your theme, you can also do it via the plugin provided custom CSS option where you can add your custom CSS codes and customize the designs easily.
The plugin is compatible with all the themes built based on Underscores format. As most of the themes today are built based on Underscores, you will have no problem making the plugin compatible with the theme, for everything else you will always have the custom CSS, modification via templates/hooks and a very reliable support team to help you out.
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We have also provided a very helpful documentation that covers almost everything related on how to create and manage author box.
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You can find uninstall (delete) option after you deactivate the plugin from the Plugins page.
Keep in mind that when you delete wp-author-profile-box you will also delete all of its settings. If you only deactivate the plugin, its settings will remain and will not need to be entered again if plugin is re-activated.
WP Author Profile Box like any other products on Theme Palace has the license validity for only one website. You can use the purchased plugin in multiple websites. Except you won’t be getting any update notifications, supports and plugin updates on them. Also the license expires after one year although you will be able to use the product but you will not be getting any updates and support on it again. You will have to re-purchase the plugin and obtain the unique license key for it.