Big Bio Box
This plugin needs at least WordPress 3.3 to work as it uses the new wp_editor call introduced in WP 3.3. The Big Bio Box plugin uses the latest wp_editor api to allow your author to provide a full formatted about me page. It uses a new box in the profile page and then the user description on the aut
About this tool.
This plugin needs at least WordPress 3.3 to work as it uses the new wp_editor call introduced in WP 3.3.
The Big Bio Box plugin uses the latest wp_editor api to allow your author to provide a full formatted about me page. It uses a new box in the profile page and then the user description on the author.php page is swapped for this new bio. The default description can continue to be used in other plugins such as author box at end of posts or wdigeted bios.
The new box has a fully functional tinymce editor – exactly the same as you get with the post editor so ensure your authors are responsible!
There are no setting to configure just upload and activate.
There is no free support for this plugin.
For users of bbPress the version available at wp.ypraise.com has been enhanced to allow a tinymce editor to show on the front-end profile editor so your users can enhance their profile. Details at http://wp.ypraise.com/2014/bbpress-big-bio-box/
You can see an example bbPress enhanced profile at Kevin Heath
Screenshots & previews.
Getting started.
- 01Upload bigbiobox folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- 03Go to you user profile page and check out the new big bio box.
Frequently asked questions.
What exactly does this plugin do to my WordPress instalation
This plugin will use a filter to add a new box to the profile pages of your authors. It will also save the contents of that box into your database. The plugin runs a conditional filter so if the page is an author profile page then the user description call will return the big bio box data and if the page is a single post then the user description call will return the default bio contents. The conditional filter means that if you are using an author box pluin or function to display deatils about the author then it will still return the default description.
