About Me widget
Add an "About Me" widget to your sidebar.
The facts
- Rating
- 1★ from 1
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 23 Mar 2011
- Added
- Sep 2007
- Requires WP
- 3.1
- Tested up to
- WP 3.1.4
- Downloads
- 64,642
Our analysis
AI-assistedThe About Me widget is a WordPress plugin designed to add an 'About Me' section to your site's sidebar. It utilises TinyMCE for formatting, making it accessible for users with varying levels of HTML/CSS knowledge. The widget aims to simplify the process of creating and customising an 'About Me' section, although it may require some learning to configure effectively.
This plugin is suitable for bloggers who want to personalise their site by sharing information about themselves. However, it is important to note that this version is not compatible with WordPress versions older than 3.1.
Best for: Bloggers looking to personalise their sidebar with an 'About Me' section.
What it does well
- ✓Utilises TinyMCE for easier formatting
- ✓Designed for users with limited HTML/CSS knowledge
- ✓Allows for customisation of the 'About Me' section
Where it falls short
- •Low rating from users
- •Last updated in March 2011
- •Not compatible with WordPress versions older than 3.1
Verdict
While the About Me widget provides a way to add personalisation to your site, its low rating and lack of recent updates may raise concerns for potential users.
From the developer
yosemite's own description of About Me widget, lightly tidied.
Since I don’t consider my blog anonymous or ‘seekrit’ I grabbed a text widget and started adding an “About Me” to my sidebar. After trying to get things aligned, formatted, and adding a few links I started thinking a widget might be nice for this. Et voila. This was my first-ever widget, so I appreciate your patience ;’)
Now, with over 8000 downloads I am releasing what I hope to be a more friendly widget. The biggest issues previously were related to path(s), layout and alignment. This left me wanting to re-design the configuration interface, keeping in mind a lot of users know little about HTML/CSS and validity issues, yet allowing the geekier to get into details/code if so desired.
After a lot of hours designing, testing and uttering quite a few curses, my head finally popped out of my sphincter and I decided to use what WordPress uses: TinyMCE. WordPress users are at least somewhat familiar with it, it’s already ‘built-in’ (no extra libraries/scripts) and I soon discovered it was easily configurable. Actually it’s easily configurable AFTER you’ve learned how. Before, it’s a bitch.
So here it is. The New King Hell Deluxe About Me Widget Supreme (ymmv)
!!Note!!
This version is not backwards compatible with versions of wordpress older than 3.1
If you are upgrading to version 2.0 from an older version be sure to copy the old about me text out before upgrading, as the new API creates new values for the title and text in the wordpress database.
Feedback
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Support Forum
http://www.samdevol.com/wp-content/myforums/viewforum.php?id=3