Author Image
Lets you easily add author images on your site.
3(3 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Author Image is a WordPress author plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 142K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 33% this week. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.
3/53 reviews
1.0K+active installs
142K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
The Author Image plugin for WordPress lets you easily add author images on your site.
It creates a widget that you can insert in a sidebar or any other widget area allowed by your theme.
The plugin now supports a short code [author-image] you cna use to directly add the image to the page or post content.
Alternatively, you can place the following call in the loop where you want the author image to appear:
<?php the_author_image($author_id = null); ?>
This $author_id parameter is optional. If it is not passed in, the code will attempt to get the current author of the page/post.
A second version of this function exists whereby you can pass in width and height to display the image.
<?php the_author_image_size($width, $height, $author_id = null); ?>
This $author_id parameter i…Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Could be better
by Salpetriere·9 years ago
The Author Image plugin would benefit from using the default WordPress media uploader, rather than loading additional functionality to upload/store the images.
This is also important because it would allow us to make use of the WordPress image sizes we have defined elsewhere. Currently this is not possible, which is a big detriment to the plugin.
BOOYAH!
by theatereleven·11 years ago
I’m still shocked that an author image is so complicated in WordPress, but this plugin fixes the problem.
Also, it let’s you link to an about page which ROCKS. I love that.
Thanks guys! Works great.
The images have been uploaded, but not showing up in the WP Author Bio plugin
by harry33166·12 years ago·1 reply
http://startoholics.in/2013/08/user-gives-a-missed-call-and-your-customer-gets-verified-dial2verify/
like in this link, at the end, the pic of this user is not being shown. I tried disabling gravatar too, but then only a blank image is shown.
Can you please help and let me know what I need to do?
And yes, I have changed the permissions of the folder too.
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 10This week: 45Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.9
95.4%
Other
4.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.9.3
- Back out the 4.9.2 change for now.
Contributors
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