User Bio Widget
This widget will easily allow you to display the “Biographical Info” of any blog author’s user profile in the sidebar. It allows you to choose from multiple authors/users on the blog, if your blog does, in fact, have multiple authors. Subscribers are excluded for obvious reasons (Contributors, Autho
About this tool.
This widget will easily allow you to display the “Biographical Info” of any blog author’s user profile in the sidebar. It allows you to choose from multiple authors/users on the blog, if your blog does, in fact, have multiple authors. Subscribers are excluded for obvious reasons (Contributors, Authors, Editors, and Administrators are included).
Additionally, the widget grants the ability to display the selected author’s Gravatar, with multiple size and alignment options available.
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Getting started.
- 01Upload user-bio-widget.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins -> Installed’ menu in your dashboard.
- 03Add the ‘User Bio’ Widget to your sidebar via ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ in your dashboard.
Frequently asked questions.
How can I style the Gravatar image?
You can add and customize the following CSS within your theme’s primary stylesheet/CSS file (normally style.css):
.ub-grav img {
These are just some example properties you can use
border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 3px; }
Are subscribers included?
No. Only contributors, authors, editors, and administrators (i.e. any user able to actually create posts).
What’s a Gravatar?
A Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar (i.e. your user picture/icon). You can upload one via http://gravatar.com (it will be attached to your e-mail address).
Can I only display my Gravatar with the widget?
Yes; simply leave your “Biographical Info” section (in your user profile) blank, and configure the widget to display your Gravatar.
If an author doesn’t have a Gravatar uploaded, and they configure the widget to display a Gravatar, which image is used?
The default image is determined by the ‘Default Avatar’ setting found in your dashboard under Settings -> Discussion.
