Title: Author Bio Widget
Author: ray.viljoen
Published: <strong>April 27, 2011</strong>
Last modified: April 27, 2011

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used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Author Bio Widget

 By [ray.viljoen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayviljoen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/author-bio-widget.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-widget/)

## Description

The Author Bio Widget displays some basic information about the author of the page
or post being viewed.

The bio includes the author’s gravatar, nickname and bio information as set in the
user profile.
 The author’s name will also link to the main blogroll filtered by
content from the same author.

The widget settings include a custom title and a size option for the gravatar ( 
profile picture ).

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## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Sample Bio with some styling applied.
 * [[
 * Widget Settings.
 * [[
 * Sample Bio with some styling applied on a blog page.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `author-bio-widget` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Add widget through the WordPress widgets menu and customise.

## FAQ

  Which name will be used in the bio?

The ‘Nickname’ field will be used in the author bio and can be managed from the 
user profile in the admin menu.

  Why is no author information being displayed?

Make sure the ‘Biographical Info’ field is completed in the user profile settings.

  What if the author has no gravatar?

WordPress provides a default gravatar for any authors without one.
 The default 
can be changed in the admin menu under discussion settings.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Author Bio Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ray.viljoen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayviljoen/)
 *   [ Fubra ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fubra/)

[Translate “Author Bio Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-bio-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/author-bio-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/author-bio-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-bio-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-bio-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * First Release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.1.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[author bio](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-bio/)
   [profile](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/profile/)[user profile](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-profile/)
   [widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-widget/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ ray.viljoen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayviljoen/)
 *   [ Fubra ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fubra/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-widget/)

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