RiverCityGraphix

The Limit Bio plugin allows you to quickly limit the character count on the biographical information field on the edit profile page of your site.
Features:
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<li>Admin settings to restrict the biography character count site wide.</li>
<li>Limits Users to a specific character count in their bio</li>
<li>Displays the remaining characters allowed and updates in real time as the user types.</li>
<li>Works even if Javascript is disabled</li>
<li>Stops a user from typing when the character count is reached</li>
<li>Replaces the default biographical information field in the wordpress profile</li>
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Limit Bio

The Limit Bio plugin allows you to quickly limit the character count on the biographical information field on the edit profile page of your site.

Carter

List Contributors does exactly what it says; shows a list of your contributing authors and their posts. Uses jQuery to hide/show their biographies. Allows for rich-text descriptions as well as photographs. Integrates seamlessly with the WordPress User database.
Feature List
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<li>Identify your contributors from a drop-down menu of all registered WordPress users on your site.</li>
<li>Each contributor gets a description and an optional photograph.</li>
<li>Accordion-like slides hide and show contributor biographies and photographs.</li>
<li>Turn jQuery on or off from the admin panel to prevent conflicts.</li>
<li>Display your contributors using template tag or shortcode.</li>
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List Contributors

Create a special section on your website to show off contributing authors and their posts in style.

Limit Bio vs List Contributors