Author Box

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About Author Box

The Author Box WordPress Plugins is a great way to display beautiful Author Boxes within your site to showcase your authors.  There are 9 layouts to chose from and you can customize the colors to truly make your Author Box match the theme of your site.

Settings

There are 6 main setting groups for Author Box that allow you to fully customize the appearance and functionality.

  • Layouts
  • Style
  • Appearance Controls
  • Typography
  • Display Conditions
  • Author Attributes

Layouts

Choose from 9 different layouts to get a great Author Box on your site.

Layouts

  • Icons Bottom
  • Icons Right
  • Icons Top
  • Icons Left
  • Tabs Bottom
  • Tabs Right
  • Tabs Top
  • Tabs Left
  • Plain

Style

Customize all the colors

Styles

 

Color Controls

  • Background Color
  • Text Color
  • Icon Color
  • Border Color
  • Icon Background Color

Hover Effects

Enable or disable hover animations on elements like avatars and social icons.

 

Appearance Controls

Appearance controls

 

Box Spacing

  • Margin (0-100px)
  • Padding (0-100px)
  • Icon Spacing (0-50px)

Border Settings

  • Border Width (0-10px)
  • Border Radius (0-50px)

Typography

Typography

 

Display Conditions

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Determine where the Author Box should show on your site as well as hiding the existing Author Box form your theme.

Author Attributes

 

Set all attributes that your users can set and that will display inside your Author Box.

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • X (formerly Twitter)
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS Feeds

Professional Info

  • Company Name
  • Company URL
  • Job Title
  • Personal Website

Link Settings

    • Link the author name to their website URL if available
    • Do Follow
    • No Follow

 

Block Editor

Add the Author Box using the WordPress block editor:

  1. Click the ‘+’ icon to add a block
  2. Search for “Author Box”
  3. Configure block settings

Elementor Widget

Use with Elementor page builder:

  1. Edit page with Elementor
  2. Find Author Box widget
  3. Drag and drop into layout
  4. Customize using Elementor controls

Shortcode

If you want to show an Author Box in a specific area via shortcode then simply add this text, [nnr_author_box]. All styling and layout options are set on the Settings Page.

Widget

Add an Author Box widget by simply dragging the widget to your desired widget area and set the title.  All styling and layout options are set on the Settings Page.