Basic Google Authorship
This plugin replaces author links of your posts with your Google+ Profile Link.
Maintenance 20/1004420d since update
Active installs
10
Downloads
1,579
Reviews
0
Age
12.1y
Tagsgoogle authorship
Plugin info
Total downloads: 1,579
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: 11/24/2013 (4420 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/20/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.2.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.5.2
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4420 days ago
20/100
Is Basic Google Authorship abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 4420 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.2.1
Tested up to: 3.5.2
Requires PHP: f
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Description
This plugin replaces author links of your posts with your Google+ Profile Link.
This allow your Google+ Profile picture to be displayed in Google search results.
It Works for single author and multi-author WordPress sites.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
e.g.
- Extract and upload the `basic-google-authorship` directory into `/wp-content/plugins`
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Each writer should update the “Contributor to” field in their Google+ profile to link to the website
- Update each author’s profile to include a link to their Google+ profile.
- In your WordPress theme replace “get_the_author()” by “do_shortcode(“[basic_google_authorship_name]”)” and “get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ ) )” by “do_shortcode(“[basic_google_authorship_link]”)”
- Confirm that your authorship is working properly by verifying with Google’s Rich Snippets tool.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial commit