Al Amin Ahamed

<p><strong>Author Profile Blocks</strong> is a WordPress plugin for showcasing author profiles and team members using four Gutenberg blocks, four shortcodes, and a classic widget. It supports two data sources: standard WordPress Users and an optional Team Member custom post type (<code>apbl_team_member</code>).</p>
<p><a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks/trunk/.wordpress-org/blueprints/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Preview</a> | <a href="https://github.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://github.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks#readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></p>
<h3>Four Block Types</h3>
<p><strong>Author Profile</strong> — Single author showcase with full control over layout order, avatar shape, typography, and social links. Four content order variants: image-content, content-image, image-top, content-top.</p>
<p><strong>Author Grid</strong> — Responsive grid of multiple authors. Supports 1–4 columns with five style presets: card, minimal, bordered, shadow, mosaic.</p>
<p><strong>Author List</strong> — Vertical author list with three display styles: compact (image + summary), detailed (full two-column layout), and minimal (name + position only). Supports ordered or unordered lists.</p>
<p><strong>Author Carousel</strong> — Interactive slider built on <a href="https://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/" rel="nofollow ugc">Slick</a>. Seven style presets including modern cards, classic carousel, elegant profile, and creative gradient layout. Configurable slides, autoplay, dots, and arrows.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>Four shortcodes are available for classic themes or page builders:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>[apbl_profile]</code> — single author card</li>
<li><code>[apbl_grid]</code> — responsive author grid</li>
<li><code>[apbl_list]</code> — author list</li>
<li><code>[apbl_carousel]</code> — author carousel with autoplay</li>
</ul>
<p>All shortcodes accept <code>id</code>, <code>source</code> (user or team_member), <code>style</code>, <code>number</code>, and display toggle attributes.</p>
<h3>Classic Widget</h3>
<p>The <strong>Author Profile Widget</strong> lets you add a single author card to any widget area. Choose the author, display style, and whether to show social links and bio.</p>
<h3>Team Member CPT</h3>
<p>Activate the built-in <code>apbl_team_member</code> custom post type to manage team members separately from WordPress users. Supports title, bio, featured image, and menu order. Each team member has position and social profile meta fields. Organise members by department using the hierarchical <code>apbl_department</code> taxonomy.</p>
<h3>Design System</h3>
<p>Every block ships with a refined indigo editorial design — distinctive typography, layered shadows, smooth cubic-bezier transitions, and an indigo accent system with animated hover reveals. All visual properties are overridable via <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties" rel="nofollow ugc">CSS custom properties</a>.</p>
<h3>Customization Options</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Avatar</strong>: circle, square, rounded, or custom border-radius; configurable size and border</li>
<li><strong>Typography</strong>: name size, weight, color, alignment, letter-spacing; position shown as uppercase indigo badge</li>
<li><strong>Layout presets</strong>: choose from registered style variations (card, minimal, bordered, shadow, and more) per block</li>
<li><strong>Animations</strong>: 7 entrance animation types — fadeIn, slideUp, slideDown, slideLeft, slideRight, scaleIn, bounce</li>
<li><strong>Hover effects</strong>: lift, glow, scale, rotate, shadow — applied to items or the block wrapper</li>
<li><strong>Social icons</strong>: square pill shape with indigo fill on hover; supports Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, website</li>
<li><strong>Colors</strong>: background, border, text, gradient — all configurable via the inspector</li>
<li><strong>Spacing</strong>: section spacing, padding, item spacing, container width</li>
<li><strong>Advanced</strong>: CSS filters (brightness, contrast, saturation), transform (scale, rotate), box shadow, custom CSS class, <a href="https://fonts.google.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Font</a> support</li>
</ul>
<h3>User Profile Extensions</h3>
<p>The plugin adds extra fields to the standard <a href="https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/users-your-profile-screen/" rel="ugc">WordPress user profile screen</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Position / job title</li>
<li>Extended bio</li>
<li>Social media URLs: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, personal website</li>
<li>Custom “Member since” label</li>
<li>Department</li>
<li>Skills</li>
<li>Location</li>
<li>Phone</li>
<li>Availability</li>
<li>Website label</li>
</ul>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<ul>
<li>Server-side rendering with PHP template caching</li>
<li>Configurable cache duration</li>
<li>Lazy loading for author avatars</li>
<li>No unnecessary JavaScript on the frontend</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer-Friendly</h3>
<ul>
<li>Clean PHP template hierarchy — override any template from your theme</li>
<li>Extensive <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties" rel="nofollow ugc">CSS custom properties</a> for runtime styling</li>
<li>WordPress filter hooks on every rendered block and shortcode</li>
<li>Modern SCSS source with <code>@use</code>/<code>@forward</code> module system and <code>sass:color</code> functions</li>
<li><code>apbl-</code> namespaced CSS classes throughout</li>
<li><a href="https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/" rel="nofollow ugc">PSR-4</a> autoloaded, <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-standards/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Coding Standards</a> compliant</li>
<li>Full <a href="https://github.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks#readme" rel="nofollow ugc">developer documentation on GitHub</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-profile-blocks/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org support forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub issues</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks#readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mralaminahamed/author-profile-blocks/trunk/.wordpress-org/blueprints/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Preview on WordPress Playground</a></li>
</ul>


Author Profile Blocks

Display author profiles and team members in Gutenberg blocks, shortcodes, and widgets — grid, carousel, list, and single profile.

ayalip

<p>Maya Team Directory lets you create and display a clean, fast team directory on your WordPress site. Add team members with profile photos, positions, departments, contact details, and bios, then display them with a simple <code>[maya_team]</code> shortcode.</p>
<p>The free plugin is intentionally lean and focused. It ships with everything you need to publish a working team page: the custom post type, group taxonomy, a responsive grid layout, search, group filtering, pagination, and a single-member template.</p>
<p>This plugin makes no remote calls, has no license key, no in-plugin upsell prompts, and never asks for your credit card to unlock built-in features.</p>
<p>Optional companion add-ons (CSV import/export, REST API endpoints, extra layouts, sidebar widget, custom CSS, accent color picker, social-network fields and icons — LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, GitHub, YouTube — featured-member highlighting, per-group layout overrides, and more) are available separately at https://mayanaikotech.com/maya-team-directory/. They install as their own plugin and are 100% optional — this plugin works fully without them.</p>
<h4>What’s Included (Free)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom post type for team members</li>
<li>Group taxonomy for organizing members</li>
<li>Custom fields: Position, Department, Email, Phone, Website</li>
<li>Responsive grid layout</li>
<li>Search bar and group filter</li>
<li>Pagination</li>
<li>Single-member profile template</li>
<li>Mobile responsive</li>
<li>Admin photo thumbnails and sortable columns</li>
<li>Translation-ready (.pot file included)</li>
<li>A documented hook & filter API for add-ons (see below)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
<p>Display all team members:<br />
    [maya_team]</p>
<p>Filter by group:<br />
    [maya_team group=”management”]</p>
<p>Show multiple groups:<br />
    [maya_team groups=”management,board”]</p>
<p>Hide members in a specific group:<br />
    [maya_team exclude_groups=”alumni”]</p>
<p>Custom pagination and ordering:<br />
    [maya_team per_page=”8″ orderby=”title” order=”ASC”]</p>
<p>Hide controls:<br />
    [maya_team search=”false” filter=”false”]</p>
<p>Force grid column count (1–6):<br />
    [maya_team columns=”4″]</p>
<h4>Template Overrides</h4>
<p>Copy templates from <code>maya-team-directory/templates/</code> to your theme:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>your-theme/maya-team-directory/single-maya_member.php</code></li>
<li><code>your-theme/maya-team-directory/archive-maya_member.php</code></li>
<li><code>your-theme/maya-team-directory/taxonomy-maya_group.php</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Hooks & Filters</h4>
<p>These hooks form the public API that companion add-ons (and any third-party plugin) can use to extend the free plugin without modifying its files.</p>
<p>Filters:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>maya_td_query_args</code> — Modify the main member query (receives <code>$query_args</code>, <code>$atts</code>).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_card_data</code> — Modify card template data before rendering (receives <code>$data</code>, <code>$post_id</code>).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_card_renderer</code> — Return a callable to take over rendering for a non-grid layout (receives <code>null</code>, <code>$layout</code>, <code>$data</code>, <code>$post_id</code>).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_card_social_keys</code> — Add extra social networks to read for each card (receives <code>network-slug => meta-key</code> map).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_meta_fields</code> — Add extra fields to the Member Details meta box.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_social_fields</code> — Add extra fields to the Social Links meta box.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_social_icons</code> — Provide SVG icon markup for additional social networks.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_member_meta_keys</code> — Extend the list of meta keys cleaned up on uninstall.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_available_layouts</code> — Register additional layouts (list, compact, masonry, etc.) so they appear in the layout toggle and validate as shortcode <code>layout=""</code> values.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_layout_icon</code> — Provide the SVG icon for a registered layout’s toggle button.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_single_member_template</code> — Override the path of the single-member template file.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_sanitize_settings</code> — Sanitize and persist add-on-registered settings fields.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_resource_links</code> — Add, remove, or reorder links in the Settings page Resources sidebar.</li>
</ul>
<p>Actions:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>maya_td_init</code> — Fires after the free plugin’s core classes are instantiated. Add-ons should bootstrap from here.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_register_admin_menu</code> — Fires after the Settings submenu is registered, so add-ons can add their own submenus under the Maya Team Directory menu.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_settings_sections</code> — Render extra <code><div class="maya-settings-section"></code> blocks inside the settings form.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_settings_sidebar</code> — Render extra panels in the settings sidebar.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_before_directory</code> — Fires before the directory wrapper opens (receives <code>$atts</code>, <code>$members</code> WP_Query).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_after_directory</code> — Fires after the directory wrapper closes (receives <code>$atts</code>, <code>$members</code> WP_Query).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_after_card_content</code> — Add content inside each card, after the bio (receives <code>$data</code>, <code>$post_id</code>).</li>
<li><code>maya_td_after_member_details_fields</code> — Add inputs inside the Member Details meta box.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_after_social_fields</code> — Add inputs inside the Social Links meta box.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_display_options_fields</code> — Add inputs inside the Display Options side meta box.</li>
<li><code>maya_td_save_member_meta</code> — Persist add-on-owned member meta keys when a member post is saved.</li>
</ul>
<h4>External Services</h4>
<p>This plugin does not connect to any external services. All processing happens locally on your WordPress site. No data is sent to any third-party server.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, please email ayalip@mayanaikotech.com or visit https://mayanaikotech.com/maya-team-directory.</p>


Maya Team Directory

A focused team / staff directory with a custom post type, group taxonomy, a responsive grid layout, and a single-member template.

Author Profile Blocks vs Maya Team Directory