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Display Authors Widget
Display authors by role.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.4★ from 5
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 4 Jul 2015
- Added
- Oct 2012
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 4.3.34
- Downloads
- 16,880
Our analysis
AI-assistedDisplay Authors Widget is a WordPress plugin that adds a widget to showcase authors by their role in a sidebar. You can configure it to show the author's post count, biography, and gravatar image based on your preferences.
To use the plugin, you can navigate to Appearance >> Widgets in your WordPress dashboard. There, you can set the title, select the author roles to display, and adjust settings for post count, biography, gravatar size, and alignment.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress sites that want to highlight authors in a sidebar.
What it does well
- ✓Allows display of authors by role
- ✓Customisable settings for post count and biography
- ✓Supports displaying gravatar images
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in July 2015
- •Limited to WordPress version 4.3.34
- •Directory score indicates potential issues
Verdict
Display Authors Widget provides basic functionality for displaying authors, but its age and directory score may raise concerns for some users.
From the developer
Sami Keijonen's own description of Display Authors Widget, lightly tidied.
This plugin register a widget to display authors by role in a sidebar. You can choose whether to display author post count, biography or gravatar.
Usage
Go to Appearance >> Widgets. There you can find widget called Display Authors Widget. There are some settings in a widget.
- Title: Set whatever title you want, or leave it blank to disable the title.
- Role: Choose which role authors you want to display.
- Display Post Count?: This displays the number of posts the author have published. This will only be shown if there are at least one post by author. The format
is Author name ($number). - Display Author Bio?: If checked, this will display the author’s bio as set in their WordPress profile page.
- Display Author Gravatar?: If checked, this will display the author’s gravatar.
- Gravatar Size: This is the size of the gravatar image in pixels. Do not write px or pixels in this field. If you want gravatar size to be 50px, then write “50” in this field.
- Gravatar Alignment: Choose whether you want to display gravatar on the left, right or no alignment at all.
- Limit: This will allow you to set the number of authors that are displayed in the widget.
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