Plugin info

Total downloads: 2,578
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 7/10/2021 (1635 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/5/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.8.12
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1635 days ago

20/100

Is addauthor abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1635 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 5.8.12
Requires PHP: f

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Description

This plugin allow you to show where you want, inside the loop, a gravatar of the author of the post, the description of the author of the post, the nick of the author of the post and the date of the post.PAY ATTENTION if you are upgrading, please take note that CSS is changed, you find a CSS example in sample.css, copy it in yours style.css and apply the change you need

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A brief Markdown Example

Installation

  1. Upload addauthor folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Place <?php if( function_exists( 'wolly_addaut' ) ) wolly_addaut(); ?> in your templates where you want to show the author description WITHIN the loop.
  4. Insert new class in yours style.css ‘.clear’ and ‘ul.addaut’ ‘ul.addaut li’ and ‘ul.addaut li’. You find an example in the file ‘sample.css’
  5. register to gravatar.com yours authors
  6. fill in, under yours profile, the description of the authors

For 2.8 and 2.9 use the 1.2 for 2.7 use only 1.0 cause the 1.2 has the new function.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why use this plugin?
To show a gravatar and a descritpion of the author(s) of your blog

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Screenshots

  1. This is how addauthor appear on mine blog.

    This is how addauthor appear on mine blog.

Changelog

1.3
Changed readme file for compatibily with new WP versions

1.2
Changed CSS to have a minimun height to avoid bad display if you have short author description

1.1
Changed some deprecated function in 2.8

1.0
First release