Authors WidgetAuthors Widget shows the list of the authors, with the number of posts, link to RSS feed next to their name. It is useful in a multi-author blog, where you want to have the list in the sidemenu.
Installation
- Download the latest version
- Upload `authors.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to ‘Appearance’ or ‘Presentation’ or ‘Design’ menu
- Go to ‘Widgets’ menu
- Drag & Drop the Authors Widget to the place you would like to display the authors’ list
- Optionally change the title
Screenshots
- This is how the sidemenu will look:
- Drag & Drop the widget to it’s place and change the title:
HI Gavriel; when I click on author names, it does not show the blogs related to the author I clicked. need your advice,
Thanks
Lewis
Lewis, your blog does redirect from the author pages to the home page. I don’t know why, but the urls displayed by the authors widget look ok. Maybe you should check the theme you use. Try the themes that come with wordpress, there you should see the authors’ pages.
Is it possible to add some space or padding around the Avatar? Please take a look at http://www.jwterrill.com/wp
I would like to add 5 or 10 pixels between the image and the author’s name.
Sure you can. With css you can customize the look as you wish, though I don’t see my authors widget on your blog.
Hey, how does the Include and Exclude work? Everything I try to put in either field knows all of the authors off.
Thanks a ton!
“username1″,”user2″,”login3″
but you can also use their userID:
“1″, “78″, “123″
Hi there,
I would like to add a bio per author (I have made a page per bio). Please have a look at my site to see what I mean… Is this possible?
Thanks,
Jan
It is possible. See my author page: http://blog.fleischer.hu/author/gavriel/ I use the Profile Pic plugin.
Hello, I think there’s a bug in the widget settings…um, widget: the option for ‘Hide Empty’ appears to be missing, though the code for $hide_empty seems to be in place throughout the rest of the code.
Thanks!
Peekay
true. I’ve added the option to settings, you can upgrade to Authors Plugin 2.2 and test it. Let me know if it works for you.
sorry if this has been answered already, but is there a tweak in the code that will allow for this to be two columns? like, if i have 8 authors, can the widget be two columns of 4 authors?
Currently there’s no built-in support for this, but you can try to set it up in your css.