Edward Caissie

Add a widget area to the footer of any theme by way of the <code>wp_footer</code> action hook. Works just like the widget areas commonly created with code in the functions.php template file. 
* Copyright 2010-2016 Edward Caissie (email : edward.caissie@gmail.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, 
 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
You may NOT assume that you can use any other version of the GPL.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 
 GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
The license for this software can also likely be found here: 
 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

BNS Add Widget

Add a widget area to the footer of any theme.

An author details shortcode plugin with multiple extensions that can modify the output. The extension plugins, using some of the many available hooks, can add a rounded corner border; display the details as an unordered list; and/or hide the author email address details. 
* Copyright 2012-2015 Edward Caissie (email : edward.caissie@gmail.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, 
 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
You may NOT assume that you can use any other version of the GPL.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 
 GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
The license for this software can also likely be found here: 
 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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<li>This plugin was written for use in an ongoing series of presentations at the WordPress GTA Meetup group; and, although fully functional, it is currently considered ‘alpha-ware’.</li>
</ul>

BNS Bio

An author details shortcode plugin with extensions that modify output

BNS Add Widget vs BNS Bio