As of April 2026, About Author Box is a WordPress author plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.
0/5Rating
10active installs
4.4K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Easily display an information box for the post author after or before post content.
Aside of the automatic display before post content and after post content you can also use a shortcode to display an author box. The shortcode is [about_author_box]
You can change the default settings for the shortcode in the “Shortcode” sections of the settings page. You can also pass parameters as part of the shortcode which overwrite those settings.
Accepted parameters are:
- avatar ( 1 or 0, 1 to show 0 to hide )
- avatar_size ( numeric value, default 120 )
- avatar_style ( square/rounded/circle )
- avatar_position ( left/right )
- name ( 1 or 0, 1 to show 0 to hide ))
- date ( 1 or 0, 1 to show 0 to hide )
- bio ( 1 or 0, 1 to show 0 to hide )
- social ( 1 or 0, 1 to show 0 to hide…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.0+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.3
- Update
Tested up toto 5.9
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