Adds a stylish author box with author name, bio, Gravatar and links after the content in posts and/or pages.
As of April 2026, Cool Author Box is a WordPress author plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.
The Cool Author Box plugin adds information about the author to the bottom of the content of posts and/or pages. The information is gathered from the profile info set inside WordPress.
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To make the author box appear you need to activa the plugin and go to the Cool Author Box settings under Settings and select if the box should appear under posts, pages or both.
Copyright 2010 by Morten Rand-Hendriksen and Pink & Yellow Media
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; ei…
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
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