Author Bio Box

Display a box with the author’s biography and also social icons in bottom of the post.

Contribute

You can contribute to the source code in our GitHub page.

Credits

• Initial idea by Gustavo Freitas.

License

Author Bio Box 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Author Bio Box 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 Author Bio Box. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

• Upload plugin files to your plugins folder, or install using WordPress built-in Add New Plugin installer;
• Activate the plugin;
• Navigate to Settings -> Author Bio Box and fill the options;
• Fill the Biographical Info and Contact Info in Users -> Your Profile.

Add the box directly

Use this function:

<?php 
    if ( function_exists( 'get_author_bio_box' ) ) {
        echo get_author_bio_box();
    }
?>

1. 

   Settings page.

2. 

   New fields in "Your Profile" page.

3. 

   Plugin in action.

3.4.1 – 2021/11/04

• Prevent duplicated element.

3.4.0 – 2021/10/15

• Refactored plugin files.

3.3.3 – 2021/10/13

• Escape translable string in admin.

3.3.2 – 2021/10/13

• Escape and sanitize all options. Security fix.

3.3.1 – 2017/11/01

• Added rel nofollow to social media links.

3.3.0 – 2014/02/26

• Added Instagram and Pinterest icons (Thanks Jeremy Caris).

3.2.0 – 2014/02/26

• Added the authorbiobox_display filter.

3.2.0 – 2014/02/26

• Added Flickr, Tumblr, Vimeo and YouTube icons (thanks @rafaelfunchal).
• Created the authorbiobox_social_data filter for custom icons ordering.

3.1.1 – 2014/01/08

• Fixed the Facebook and Twitter icons.

3.1.0 – 2014/01/04

• Added website icon.

3.0.0 – 2013/12/13

• Improved all code.
• Add support to WordPress 3.8.

2.0.0 – 2013/06/21

• Source code reformulation.
• Improved performance with fewer options in the database.
• Added Brazilian Portuguese and English languages.
• Added Text Color option.
• Added Title Color option.

1.7.1

• Fixed the jQuery in options page.
• Fixed the styles.
• Fixed the wp_nonce in options page.

1.7.0

• Fix a bug with display options.

1.6.0

• Improved the performance.
• Added a function to insert the box in the theme.

1.5.0

• Added strip_tags in options page.

1.4.0

• Added wp_nonce_field and check_admin_referer in options page.

1.3.0

• Added a option to shows the box in homepage.

1.2.0

• Insert target="_blank" in author description.

1.1.0

• Improved the code.
• Removed obsolete WP tags.
• Insert target="_blank" in social icons.

1.0.0

• Initial version.