Denis de Bernardy

Mike Koepke

<p>The Author Image plugin for WordPress lets you easily add author images on your site.</p>
<p>It creates a widget that you can insert in a sidebar or any other widget area allowed by your theme.<br />
The plugin now supports a short code [author-image] you cna use to directly add the image to the page or post content.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you can place the following call in the loop where you want the author image to appear:</p>
<pre><code><?php the_author_image($author_id = null); ?>

This $author_id parameter is optional.  If it is not passed in, the code will attempt to get the current author of the page/post.
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<p>A second version of this function exists whereby you can pass in width and height to display the image.</p>
<pre><code><?php the_author_image_size($width, $height, $author_id = null); ?>

This $author_id parameter is optional.  If it is not passed in, the code will attempt to get the current author of the page/post.
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<p>To configure your author image, browse Users / Your Profile in the admin area.</p>
<h4>Setting Author Image Size</h4>
<p>You can adjust the actual display size in the Author Image widget or by using the_author_image_size function call.</p>
<p>If you do not specify a size the width and height of the actual image will be used.</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>You can use [author-image] to display the uploaded author image in your page/post content.</p>
<h4>Author’s Bio</h4>
<p>You can configure the widget so it outputs the author’s description in addition to his image.</p>
<p>This fits well on a site where the author’s image is placed in a sidebar, or the <a href="http://www.semiologic.com/software/sem-reloaded/" rel="nofollow ugc">Semiologic theme</a> when the widget is placed immediately after the posts’ content — i.e. “About The Author.”</p>
<h4>Gravatar Support</h4>
<p>The uploaded image will be used as your gravatar by themes that call the get_avatar() function.  This will override an image set on gravatar.com</p>
<h4>Multi-Author Sites</h4>
<p>For sites with multitudes of authors, the widget offers the ability to insert a link to the author’s posts — his archives.</p>
<h4>Single Author Sites</h4>
<p>Normally the widget will only display an author image when it can clearly identify who the content’s author actually is. In other words, on singular pages or in the loop.</p>
<p>If you run a single author site, or a site with multiple ghost writers, be sure to check the “This site has a single author” option. The widget will then output your image at all times.</p>
<h4>Alternate About Page Link</h4>
<p>Normally the widget will use the author’s posts page (/author/authorname/) is the image is clicked on.   If your site has a dedicated page for the author, such as an ‘About Me’ page,</p>
<p>there is a new field in ‘Your Profile’ called ‘About Me Page’.  Entering a url in this field (/about-me/) will cause the widget to use this link as opposed to /author/authorname.</p>
<h4>Retrieving Author Url</h4>
<p>You can retrieve the url to the respective author image by calling the function</p>
<pre><code><?php the_author_image_url($author_id = null); ?>
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<p>If $author_id is blank the plugin will attempt to determine the current author and retrieve his/her image.</p>
<h4>Help Me!</h4>
<p>The <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sem-author-image" rel="ugc">Plugin’s Forum</a> is the best place to report issues.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Props to By Daniel J. Schneider for author_image_url functionality</p>


Author Image

Lets you easily add author images on your site.

<p>The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Under Settings / External Links, you can configure the plugin to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Process all outgoing links, rather than only those within your entries’ content and text widgets.</li>
<li>Add an external link icon to outgoing links. You can use a class=”no_icon” attribute on links to override this.</li>
<li>Add rel=nofollow to the links. (Note: You can use a rel=”follow” attribute on links to override this.)</li>
<li>Open outgoing links in new windows. Note that this can damage your visitor’s trust towards your site in that they can think your site used a pop-under.</li>
<li>Turn on “autolinks” functionality.</li>
<li>Domains/subdomains you wish to Exclude from processing.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Auto Links</h4>
<p>The Autolink functionality automatically converts urls to hyperlinked urls in post/page content, excerpts and text widgets.</p>
<p>Before:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>www.semiologic.com</p>
</blockquote>
<p>After:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.semiologic.com" rel="nofollow ugc">www.semiologic.com</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Help Me!</h4>
<p>The <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sem-external-links" rel="ugc">Plugin’s Forum</a> is the best place to report issues.</p>


External Links

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The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.

Author Image vs External Links