About Author Posts
Display beautiful Author Posts that showcase addition posts by your Authors.
Settings
There are a lot of different settings available for you to customize how Author Posts are displayed.
- Number of Posts
- Sort and Order posts
- Author Layout
- Show Author Biography
- Author Avatar size and shape
- Post Layout
- Colors
- Display Asynchronously for faster page loads
There are 10 different Post Layouts that you can display, you can see what these layouts look like at our demo site.
- List
- List with Excerpt
- Thumbnail
- Numbered List
- Image Tiles
- Image Flip
- Grid
- Slider
- Fancy Colors
- Colored Tabs
Featured Author
The Featured Author widget is great for showcasing a specific author on your site. This widget will show all on all pages.
Author Posts
The Author Posts widget will only show on single posts or pages and displays the current author’s other posts. This is fantastic for keeping viewers on your site because it guides them to read more from their favorite author.
Shortcode Builder
All settings configured in either of the widgets can also be configured in our shortcode builder. This is a great way for you to add Author Posts to any part of your site.
Shortcode
You can display Author Posts anywhere on your site by using our shortcode [nnr_author_posts]
. Here are some examples:
[nnr_author_posts title="Featured Posts" author="1" post_layout="grid"]
[nnr_author_posts title="" post_layout="list" num_posts="10"]
[nnr_author_posts title="" post_layout="slider" show_nav="true"]
Below is a table of all available options.
Name | Description | Default Value | Options | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
title | Title of the author posts section | “Author Posts” | Any text | [nnr_author_posts title="Featured Posts"] |
author | Author ID to display posts from | 0 | Any valid user ID | [nnr_author_posts author="1"] |
orderby | Sort posts by | “ID” | “ID”, “title”, “date”, “comment_count” | [nnr_author_posts orderby="date"] |
order | Sort order | “ASC” | “ASC”, “DESC” | [nnr_author_posts order="DESC"] |
async | Load posts asynchronously | false | true, false | [nnr_author_posts async="true"] |
num_posts | Number of posts to display | “5” | “all” or number from 1-20 | [nnr_author_posts num_posts="10"] |
avatar_shape | Shape of author avatars | “rounded-square” | “square”, “rounded-square”, “circle” | [nnr_author_posts avatar_shape="circle"] |
avatar_size | Size of author avatars | “large” | “small”, “medium”, “large”, “full” | [nnr_author_posts avatar_size="medium"] |
author_layout | Layout of author information | “inline” | “inline”, “stacked” | [nnr_author_posts author_layout="stacked"] |
author_description | Show author biography | false | true, false | [nnr_author_posts author_description="true"] |
post_layout | Display layout of posts | “list” | See Layout Options below | [nnr_author_posts post_layout="grid"] |
grid_size | Size of grid items | “medium” | “small”, “medium”, “large” | [nnr_author_posts grid_size="large"] |
show_nav | Show navigation arrows | true | true, false | [nnr_author_posts show_nav="false"] |
fancy_colors | Custom colors for fancy layout | “” | Comma-separated hex colors | [nnr_author_posts fancy_colors="#FF0000,#00FF00"] |
color | Background color | “#ffffff” | Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts color="#333333"] |
text_color | Text color | “#000000” | Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts text_color="#ffffff"] |
style_override | Override default styles | false | true, false | [nnr_author_posts style_override="true"] |
style_override Ocean Blue | Deep cool color scheme | color=”#0984e3″ text_color=”#ffffff” |
Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts style_override="true" color="#0984e3" text_color="#ffffff"] |
Mint Green | style_override Fresh cool color scheme | color=”#00b894″ text_color=”#2d3436″ |
Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts style_override="true" color="#00b894" text_color="#2d3436"] |
Purple Haze | style_override Rich cool color scheme | color=”#6c5ce7″ text_color=”#ffffff” |
Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts style_override="true" color="#6c5ce7" text_color="#ffffff"] |
Material Blue | style_override Material Design blue scheme | color=”#2196F3″ text_color=”#ffffff” |
Any hex color | [nnr_author_posts style_override="true" color="#2196F3" text_color="#ffffff"] |