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Author Spotlight (Widget)

A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.

Download Version 3.2

3.2

  • Fixed issues with description text inadvertently showing up as hyperlink for some icons.
  • Added support for 6 more social sites (Google+, Posterous, Stackoverflow, Slideshare, Instagram and Blogger). Remember to update the author_spotlight_contactmethods function in your theme functions file to be able to add these URLs to the author profiles (refer the installation instructions).

3.1

Fixed issues with image path. Some other minor fixes.

3.0

  • Rewritten to the new Widget API. Now works with any page (not just "Single"). Added feature to display Social icons (optional). Provided example CSS.

2.1

  • Bug fix to correct a method call.

2.0

  • Added support for the "Co-Authors Plus" plugin to display multiple author profiles for co-authored posts.

1.2

  • Minor change: Fallback to show Website URL label only when URL is present.

1.1

  • Bug-fix to ensure proper fall-back if the User-photo plugin doesn't exist. Added plugin URL.

1.0

  • Initial public release.

Requires: 3.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.4.2
Last Updated: 2013-1-5
Downloads: 16,341

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