stephenbaugh

<p>This plugin gives you the ability to add a Author introduction to each Archive. No editing of themes is required to use the plugin and a default layout is set up on install. Play with the html layout until you get exactly what you want. A number of tags are provided to give you access to the Author data <em>[authorID], [authorDisplayName], [authoremail], [authorURL], [authorPostsLink], [authorGravatar]</em> and <em>[authorBio]</em> also optionally you can use php if you are an advanced user.</p>
<p>Tags are evaluated first, then php before the results are returned.</p>
<p>For more detailed information and installation information please visit this plugins <a href="http://www.stephenbaugh.com/blog/wordpress-plugins/author-intro-archive/" rel="nofollow ugc">home page</a></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>To ask questions, find answers to issues & make requests visit my <a href="http://www.stephenbaugh.com/blog/forums/" rel="nofollow ugc">forums</a></p>


Tui's Author Intro For Archive

This plugin has been written to insert an Author introduction to each Archive, based on their User information, including their bio etc.

Dave Ligthart

<p>A simple way to choose a default thumbnail for your post.</p>
<p>Works alongside the featured image core functionality.</p>
<p>For theme usage:</p>
<h4>Add this function where you want the thumbnail to appear</h4>
<pre><code><?php if(function_exists('wct_thumb')){ wct_thumb(); } ?>
</code></pre>


WP-Choose-Thumb

A simple way to add a default thumbnail to your post.

Tui's Author Intro For Archive vs WP-Choose-Thumb