Nick Powers

<a href="http://nickpowers.info/wordpress-plugins/social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio</a> adds a author bio box with the author’s avatar with built-in and custom social icons on pages/posts.
<h4>Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nickpowers.info/wordpress-plugins/social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio Main Site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.elirose.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio Example</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>New to version 2.4</h4>
Thanks for all your great suggestions
<ul>
<li>Fully integrated Google+ authorship (shows Google+ Avatar in search results)</li>
<li>Added custom field (check box) on edit screen providing the ability to disable of author box on individual pages/posts</li>
<li>New shortcode [social_bio_icons] which displays only the Social Icons</li>
<li>Ability to adjust avatar size (admin)</li>
<li>Choice of location, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Number of custom links increased from 5 to 10</li>
<li>Added %home% (The home URL) variable to advanced HTML section</li>
</ul>
<h4>Built in Social Icons</h4>
AIM, Digg, eMail, Facebook, Google+, iCompositions, ICQ, LinkedIn, MSN, MySpace, Pinterest, Reverbnation, Skype, Soundcloud, Technorati, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube
<h4>Custom Social Icons</h4>
Admin can create up to 5 custom social icons
Admin can control the following options from the settings menu:
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship sitewide</li>
<li>Complete control over HTML that produces the Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Complete control over CSS that styles the Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Enable/disable built in and custom social icons site wide</li>
<li>Admin can enable/disable Social Author Bio display on Pages, Posts, and/or shortcodes.</li>
<li>Which role to start using Social Author Bio (defaults to Contributor) </li>
<li>What prefix to display before user’s name.</li>
<li>Location of bio box, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Avatar size</li>
</ul>
Users can control the following options from their profile page:
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable Social Author Bio for their profile</li>
<li>Choice of website icon (WordPress, Blogger, or website)</li>
<li>Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship for their profile</li>
<li>Enable/disable the built in or custom social icons on their profile</li>
<li>Configure each social icon’s user, username, id, etc.</li>
<li>Use shortcode [social-bio] in pages/posts</li>
<li>Use shortcode [social-bio id=xxx] where xxx is a user id to display</li>
</ul>
If enabled by Admin & Author Social Author Bio is displayed automatically on post/pages.
If enabled by Admin, Authors can use the [social-bio] and/or the [social_bio_icons] shortcodes in posts/pages. 
The shortcode can be used even if the Author disables Social Author Bio in their profile. 
This allows the Author to tag selected posts with their Social Author Bio.
If you have suggestions for a new add-on, feel free to <a href="http://nickpowers.info/contact-social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Email</a> me.
<h3>License</h3>
Copyright (C) 2012 Nick Powers
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
<a href="www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL V2.0</a>
Nick Powers 
<a href="http://nickpowers.info" rel="nofollow ugc">NickPowers.info</a> 
<a href="http://nickpowers.info/contact-social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Email</a>

Social Author Bio

Social Author Bio automatically adds an author bio box along with Gravatar and social icons on posts. Now with built in Google Author!

Jon Bishop

Display beautifully styled author bios below your posts with full control over layout, design, and social links. WP About Author integrates seamlessly with WordPress profiles and works instantly with minimal setup.
Features include:
<ol>
<li>Multiple layout styles including left, right, and centered designs</li>
<li>Border and background options to match your site’s theme</li>
<li>Custom avatar sizing and optional circular display</li>
<li>Toggle display on posts, pages, archives, search results, and more</li>
<li>Choose between text or SVG icon social links for 20+ services</li>
</ol>
The plugin also adds additional fields to user profiles for platforms like GitHub, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and more making it easy for readers to connect with your authors.

WP About Author

Easily display customizable author bios below your posts

Social Author Bio vs WP About Author