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.

abcfolio

<p><strong>Staff List</strong> – WordPress plugin to create and display staff directory, faculty directory, employee directory, company directory, church directory or other types of team members listings.</p>
<p>No default or mandatory fields. Add only the fields that you will need.<br />
Over <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/field-types/" rel="nofollow ugc">30 field types</a> to choose from.<br />
Custom labels on data entry form – in your preferred language.<br />
Optional images.<br />
Optional single pages.<br />
Responsive layouts.</p>
<h3>Live Previews – Free Version</h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/free-version/" rel="nofollow ugc">Staff members.</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/profil/taylor-laura/" rel="nofollow ugc">Single page, pretty permalinks.</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/free-version-categories-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">Categories menu.</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/free-version-az-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">A-Z menu.</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/group-by-category/" rel="nofollow ugc">Group by categories.</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/group-by-az/" rel="nofollow ugc">Group by A-Z.</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/group-by-text-field/" rel="nofollow ugc">Group by text field.</a></strong></p>
<h3>Gutenberg</h3>
<p>Staff List plugin is compatible with Gutenberg.</p>
<h3>Quick Start</h3>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2u0pQLeSARQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span>
<p><strong><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/quick-start/" rel="nofollow ugc">Quick start documentation.</a></strong></p>
<p>You can easily create a wide range of directories and listings:</p>
<ul>
<li>Staff Directory</li>
<li>Faculty Directory</li>
<li>Church Directory</li>
<li>Employee Directory</li>
<li>Realtor’s Directory</li>
<li>Team Members List</li>
<li>Medical Personnel Directory</li>
<li>Team Members Directory</li>
</ul>
<p>Staff List is well suited to create both small and large staff directories. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Previews</a></p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p><strong>Staff List</strong> is a highly configurable staff directory plugin to fit unique requirements of your organization.</p>
<ul>
<li>Responsive layout.</li>
<li>Single page option.</li>
<li>Create data entry form in your own language.</li>
<li>Custom templates. You can add any field in any order.</li>
<li>Custom styles to create the uniform look and feel that match your theme.</li>
<li>Easy to add to any page or post – just insert a shortcode.</li>
<li>Gutenberg compatible.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/purchase-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Full list of features.</a></p>
<h3>Quick Start</h3>
<p><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/quick-start/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation – Quick Start</a>.</p>
<h3>User Guide</h3>
<p>Full documentation: <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/</a>.</p>
<h3>Free Version</h3>
<ul>
<li>List layout: <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/free-version/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Preview.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/single-page-layouts/" rel="nofollow ugc">Single staff member pages</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/social-media-icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Media and other icons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/group-by-categories/" rel="nofollow ugc">Categories and Groups.</a></li>
<li>Over 30 custom <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/documentation/field-types/" rel="nofollow ugc">field types.</a>.</li>
<li>Categories and A-Z menus. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/#filters-and-menus" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Previews.</a></li>
<li>Custom templates.</li>
<li>Unlimited staff members.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/purchase-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Staff List – List of Features</a></p>
<h3>Pro Version</h3>
<p>All features of the free version plus:</p>
<ul>
<li>Additional distinct layouts: <strong>Grid A, Grid B and Grid C</strong>. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/#live-previews-staff-list-pro-version-layouts" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Previews.</a>.</li>
<li>Multi Filter search. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/live-previews/#staff-list-pro-filters-and-menus" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Preview.</a></li>
<li>Ajax pagination and filtering.</li>
<li>Up to 50 data entry fields.</li>
<li>Premium one-on-one email support.</li>
</ul>
<p>One-time payment, <strong>free updates</strong> for the life of the plugin.</p>
<p><a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list/purchase-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Staff List Pro – List of Features</a></p>
<h3>Plugin Extensions</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Staff List Search</strong>. Advanced search options. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation.</a></li>
<li><strong>Staff List Table</strong>. Displays staff member records in a tabular format. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list-table/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation.</a></li>
<li><strong>CSV Import-Export</strong>. Simple way to import data from any spreadsheet. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list-csv/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation.</a></li>
<li><strong>Staff List Birthdays & Anniversaries</strong>. Custom plugin extension to create and show recurring events or new hires. <a href="https://abcfolio.com/wordpress-plugin-staff-list-birthdays/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation.</a></li>
<li><strong>Staff List vCard</strong>. Create and download vCards. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/staff-list-vcard/" rel="ugc">Free plugin extension.</a></li>
</ul>


Staff List

Staff, faculty, team, church or employee directories. Filters, menus and single pages.

Author Profile Blocks vs Staff List