Meks

Simple plugin which allows you to display author/user info inside WordPress widget. Smart feature of this plugin is user/author “auto detection” which means that it can optionally show author of current post on single post templates or on specific author archive.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Flexible display options</li>
<li>Auto detect post author on single post and author templates</li>
<li>Custom avatar size</li>
<li>Link avatar image to author archive (optional)</li>
<li>Link user display name to author archive (optional)</li>
<li>Replace widget title with user display name (optional)</li>
</ul>
Smart Author Widget plugin is created by <a href="https://mekshq.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Meks</a>
<h3>Live example?</h3>
You can see Smart Author Widget live example on our <a href="https://mekshq.com/demo/typology" rel="nofollow ugc">Typology theme demo website</a>

Meks Smart Author Widget

Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.

Kyly

Me Widget is a widget designed to be used with WordPress 3.9 sites, and requires 
having a <a href="https://gravatar.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravatar</a> profile. Me Widget is similar to 
<a href="http://jetpack.me/support/extra-sidebar-widgets/gravatar-profile-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jetpacks Gravatar Profile Widget</a> 
but provides extra customization like using a avatar not on your <a href="https://gravatar.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravatar</a> 
profile or adding custom class tag to your avatar image easily from your
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Avatar : Display your Gravatar or a custom avatar.</li>
<li>Profile Info : Display some, all, or none of the personal information 
from your <a href="https://gravatar.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravatar</a> profile.</li>
<li>Customize : the way your avatar and profile data is displayed using 
preset styles.</li>
<li>CSS : Easy to edit or make your own styles by adding the style 
template to your existing style sheet</li>
<li>Social Icons* : Displays icons for your verified accounts from your 
Wordpress profile.</li>
</ul>
*Icons are provided by <a href="http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome 4.1.0</a> 
created by <a href="https://twitter.com/davegandy" rel="nofollow ugc">Dave Gandy</a>, the 
font\’s cheat sheet is found <a href="http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>, 
and the list that the widget recognizes is found <a href="https://github.com/Kyly/MeWidget/blob/master/soc_icons_fa" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> 
(This list may not be complete, if there is an icon that is 
 in Awesome Fonts that should be included in this list please let me know).

Me Widget

Provides a simple way to incorporate and customize your Gravatar profile in a easy to style widget.

Meks Smart Author Widget vs Me Widget