Scott Reilly

Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.
Use <code><?php c2c_the_author_image(); ?></code> as a replacement for <code><?php the_author() ?></code> or <code><?php get_avatar(); ?></code> in index.php (and/or any other post templates) to display an image for a post’s author (inside “the loop”)
Use <code><?php c2c_wp_list_authors_images(); ?></code> as a replacement for <code><?php wp_list_authors(); ?></code> in the sidebar section of your site to list all authors for the blog using an image and/or text.
The plugin also provides a simple widget for listing authors.
Process by which the image is located and/or text used:
<ol>
<li>If a post has an ‘author_image’ custom field defined, the plugin checks if the value is the valid name of an image in the defined image directory. If not, it appends each of the defined image extensions, in turn, to the custom field’s value, then checks if an image can be found.</li>
<li>If no image has been found yet, it looks in the image directory for a file with a name that is the author’s login name with a file extension matching one of the ones defined in image extensions.</li>
<li>If no image has been found yet, it looks in the image directory for a file with a name that is the author’s ID with a file extension matching one of the ones defined in image extensions.</li>
<li>If no image has been found yet and Gravatar support is enabled, it then asks Gravatar for the avatar associated with the author (based on author’s email address).</li>
<li>If no image has been found yet and a blank/generic image has been defined, then the blank image is used as the author’s avatar.</li>
<li>If an image has been found and the “Show author name as well?” setting is true, or if no author image has been found and “Show author name if image is found?” setting is true, then the author’s name is appended/used.</li>
</ol>
Additional notes:
<ul>
<li>The plugins admin options page allows you to control if the author’s name should appear alongside the author image or not, if the author name should be shown in the event no author image could be found, the image directory, the support image extensions, and if and what you want the author image to link to.</li>
<li>Images output by <code>c2c_the_author_image()</code> are defined with class=”author_image” for stylesheet manipulation</li>
<li>Images output by <code>c2c_wp_list_authors_images()</code> are defined with class=”list_author_image” for stylesheet manipulation</li>
</ul>
Tip:: You can take advantage of the $image_dir argument to display different author images under different contexts, i.e. locate your images in different directories ‘wp-content/images/authors/small/’ and ‘wp-content/images/authors/large/’ and decide on context where to get the image(s) from.
Links: <a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/author-images/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-images/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="http://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>
<h3>Template Tags</h3>
The plugin provides three optional template tags for use in your theme templates.
<h4>Functions</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<code>function c2c_get_author_image( $args = array() )</code> 
Gets the image and/or name for an author.
</li>
<li>
<code>function c2c_the_author_image( $before = '', $after = '', $image_dir = '', $width = '', $height = '' )</code> 
A drop-in replacement for WordPress’s <code>the_author()</code> , allowing the author for the post to have an image displayed in lieu of the name (if an image can be found).
</li>
<li>
<code>function c2c_wp_list_authors_images( $args = '' )</code> 
A drop-in replacement for WordPress’s <code>wp_list_authors()</code>, allowing all authors for a blog to be listed with an image (if present).
</li>
</ul>
This displays the image associated with a post’s categories.
<h4>Arguments</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<code>$before</code> 
Optional argument. The text and/or HTML to appear before the author image/text, if any such text would be returned.
</li>
<li>
<code>$after</code> 
Optional argument. The text and/or HTML to appear after the author image/text, if any such text would be returned.
</li>
<li>
<code>$image_dir</code> 
Optional argument. The directory, relative to the root of your blog, in which to find the author images. If not set, it defaults to the value configured via the plugin’s admin options page.
</li>
<li>
<code>$width</code> 
Optional argument. The forced width of the image (will cause browser to resize if image is of different width). Leave blank to retain image’s original width (or for the width to be scaled in proportion to a specified height). It is recommended that images exist at the desired size.
</li>
<li>
<code>$height</code> 
Optional argument. The forced height of the image (will cause browser to resize if image is of different height). Leave blank to retain image’s original height (or for the height to be scaled in proportion to a specified width). It is recommended that images exist at the desired size.
</li>
<li>
<code>$author_id</code> 
Optional argument. The id of the author. If null, then gets the author for the current post. Default is null.
</li>
<li>
<code>$args</code> (as used in <code>c2c_get_author_image()</code>) 
Optional argument. An array of configuration options.
<ul>
<li>author_id : default of current post author; the id of the author to get the image for</li>
<li>before : default of ”; text to show before each author</li>
<li>after : default of ”; text to show after each author</li>
<li>image_dir : default of ”; directory containing author images, relative to wp-content directory</li>
<li>width : default of ”; width to display image</li>
<li>height : default of ”; height to display image</li>
<li>show_name : default of ” which means it’ll abide by the plugin’s setting value; should the name of the author be shown in addition to the image?</li>
<li>show_fullname : default of false; should the user’s first and last name be shown instead of the author’s configured display name? (be sure to set ‘show_name’ to true if you want the name to appear in the first place)</li>
<li>show_name_if_no_image : default of ” which means it’ll abide by the plugin’s setting value; should the author’s name be shown if the author doesn’t have an image?</li>
<li>class : default of ”; array or string of classes to apply to author image tag</li>
<li>use_gravatar : default of plugin settings; should Gravatar be consulted for an author image if no local image for the author was found?</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>$args</code> (as used in <code>c2c_wp_list_authors_images</code>) 
Optional argument. An array of configuration options. All but the last two match up with the supported arguments of the <code>wp_list_authors()</code> function.
<ul>
<li>optioncount : default of false;</li>
<li>exclude_admin : default of true; should the admin user be excluded from the listing?</li>
<li>hide_empty : default of true; should authors who have not made any posts be excluded from the listings?</li>
<li>feed : default of ”</li>
<li>feed_image : default of ”</li>
<li>echo : default of true; should the listing be echoed to the page?</li>
<li>show_name : default of ” which means it’ll abide by the plugin’s setting value; should the name of the author be shown in addition to the image?</li>
<li>show_fullname : default of false; should the user’s first and last name be shown instead of the author’s configured display name? (be sure to set ‘show_name’ to true if you want the name to appear in the first place)</li>
<li>show_name_if_no_image : default of <code>''</code> which means it’ll abide by the plugin’s setting value; should the author’s name be shown if the author doesn’t have an image?</li>
<li>before : default of ”; text to show before each author</li>
<li>after : default of ”; text to show after each author</li>
<li>image_dir : default of ”; directory containing author images, relative to wp-content directory</li>
<li>width : default of ”; width to display image</li>
<li>height : default of ”; height to display image</li>
<li>class : default of ”; array or string of classes to apply to author image tag</li>
<li>use_gravatar : default of plugin settings; should Gravatar be consulted for an author image if no local image for the author was found?</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Show the author image for the current post’s author (must be “in the loop”)
</li>
<li>
Get the author image from a different directory when on a post’s permalink page (for instance, show a larger image on the permalink page)
</li>
<li>
List all authors in the sidebar
<ul>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Change some default options when listing authors
<ul>
 false, ‘show_name_if_no_image’ => true)); ?>
</ul>
<h3>Filters</h3>
The plugin exposes two filters and two actions for hooking. Typically, customizations utilizing these hooks would be put into your active theme’s functions.php file, or used by another plugin.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>c2c_get_author_image (filter)</h4>
The ‘c2c_get_author_image’ hook allows you to use an alternative approach to safely invoke <code>c2c_get_author_image()</code> in such a way that if the plugin were deactivated or deleted, then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>same as for <code>c2c_get_author_image()</code></li>
</ul>
Example:
Instead of:
<pre><code> <?php $image = c2c_get_author_image( array( 'show_name' => false ) ); ?>
</code></pre>
Do:
<pre><code> <?php $image = apply_filters( 'c2c_get_author_image', array( 'show_name' => false ) ); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>c2c_get_the_author_image (filter)</h4>
The ‘c2c_get_the_author_image’ hook allows you to use an alternative approach to safely invoke <code>c2c_get_the_author_image()</code> in such a way that if the plugin were deactivated or deleted, then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>same as for <code>c2c_get_the_author_image()</code></li>
</ul>
Example:
Instead of:
<pre><code> <?php $image = c2c_get_the_author_image(); ?>
</code></pre>
Do:
<pre><code> <?php $image = apply_filters( 'c2c_get_the_author_image', ''); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>c2c_the_author_image (action)</h4>
The ‘c2c_the_author_image’ hook allows you to use an alternative approach to safely invoke <code>c2c_the_author_image()</code> in such a way that if the plugin were deactivated or deleted, then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>same as for <code>c2c_the_author_image()</code></li>
</ul>
Example:
Instead of:
<pre><code> <?php c2c_the_author_image( '', '', '/images' ); ?>
</code></pre>
Do:
<pre><code> <?php echo do_action( 'c2c_the_author_image', '', '', '/images' ); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>c2c_wp_list_authors_images (action)</h4>
The ‘c2c_wp_list_authors_images’ hook allows you to use an alternative approach to safely invoke <code>c2c_wp_list_authors_images()</code> in such a way that if the plugin were deactivated or deleted, then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>same as for c2c_wp_list_authors_images()</li>
</ul>
Example:
Instead of:
<pre><code> <?php echo c2c_wp_list_authors_images( array( 'hide_empty' => false ) ); ?>
</code></pre>
Do:
<pre><code> <?php echo do_action( 'c2c_wp_list_authors_images', array( 'hide_empty' => false ) ); ?>
</code></pre>

Author Image(s)

Display image (if present) and/or name for the author of a post, or for all authors on the blog.

WPKube

Easily display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page using a shortcode.
Backend UI can be used to change all the options.
<blockquote>
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 The free version offers a large amount of features for free, and the PRO version comes with even more amazing features for your authors list. 
 Some of those features are Styler, Search and Filters. Styler allows easy change of color/typography/spacing on any of the elements in the authors list. Filters allow you to create a better organization of the authors list. Search allows your visitors to search for specific users. 
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</blockquote>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
All the options are available in the WP admin but you can also use a plain shortcode (as it was in version 1 of the plugin). The shortcode is [authors_list] and accepts the following attributes.
<ul>
<li>style (1,2,3)</li>
<li>columns (2,3,4)</li>
<li>columns_direction ( horizontal, vertical )</li>
<li>avatar_size (any number, example 500)</li>
<li>amount (any number, no limit by default)</li>
<li>show_title (yes,no)</li>
<li>show_count (yes,no)</li>
<li>show_bio (yes,no)</li>
<li>show_link (yes,no)</li>
<li>orderby ( post_count, post_date, ID, login, nicename, email, url, registered, display_name, first_name, last_name )</li>
<li>order ( ASC, DESC )</li>
<li>skip_empty ( yes, no )</li>
<li>minimum_posts_count ( any number )</li>
<li>bio_word_trim ( any number, leave empty for no trim )</li>
<li>only_authors ( yes, no )</li>
<li>exclude ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )</li>
<li>include ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )</li>
<li>roles ( roles separated by comma, example administrator,editor )</li>
<li>latest_post_after ( for example if set to 7 it will only show authors that have posts published in the past 7 days )</li>
<li>name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose display name starts with specific characters )</li>
<li>first_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters )</li>
<li>last_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters )</li>
<li>categories ( category IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )</li>
<li>terms ( term IDs separate by comma, example 1,3,4 )</li>
<li>taxonomy ( name of a taxonomy, for example post_tag )</li>
<li>title_element (the element that wraps the name of the user/author, defaults to div, can be any element, for example h2)</li>
<li>link_count (yes, no)</li>
</ul>
Example usage with attributes:
<pre>[authors_list style="2" columns="2" amount="4" show_count="no"]</pre>
There are additional attributes for custom content before and after each element:
<ul>
<li>before_avatar</li>
<li>before_title</li>
<li>before_count</li>
<li>before_bio</li>
<li>before_link</li>
<li>after_avatar</li>
<li>after_title</li>
<li>after_count</li>
<li>after_bio</li>
<li>after_link</li>
</ul>
Example usage with attributes:
<pre>[authors_list before_title="My custom content"]</pre>
These before/after attributes also support dynamic user/author meta fields using
<pre>{al:INSERT_FIELD_NAME}</pre>
Example usage:
<pre>[authors_list before_title="My first name is {al:first_name}"]</pre>
They also support some dynamic output functionality. Currently supports displaying posts links and social links (Yoast SEO needed):
Example usage for posts links:
<pre>[authors_list after_title="{alf:posts}"]</pre>
<pre>[authors_list after_title="{alf:posts type=plain amount=5}"]</pre>
Example usage for social links:
<pre>[authors_list after_title="{alf:social}"]</pre>
Example usage for roles:
<pre>[authors_list after_title="{alf:role}"]</pre>
Example usage for link (the “to” parameter accepts foollowing values: archive bbpress_profile buddypress_profile):
<pre>[authors_list after_title="{alf:link to=bbpress_profile}"]</pre>
Social Icons SVGs by <a href="https://fontawesome.com/license" rel="nofollow ugc">FontAwesome</a> are licensed under CC BY 4.0
<h4>What’s Next</h4>
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Authors List

Excellent

Use a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.

Author Image(s) vs Authors List