Title: Dotes Author Booster Author: Luiz Jr. Fernandes Published: November 13, 2026 Last modified: November 13, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/dotes-author-booster/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3799723) ![](https://ps.w.org/dotes-author-booster/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3799723) # Dotes Author Booster By [Luiz Jr. Fernandes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dotes/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dotes-author-booster.1.3.4.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotes-author-booster/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotes-author-booster/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotes-author-booster/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotes-author-booster/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dotes-author-booster/) ## Description Dotes Author Booster helps multi-author sites present who wrote each piece of content. **Author signature (author box)** * Card, line and minimal layouts. * Shown before or after the content, both, or placed manually with the `[dotes_author_signature]` shortcode. * Per-post override of the layout and of the signed author. * Professional profile fields on the user screen: job title, company, specialty, location, credentials, contact details, extended bio and more than 30 social and professional networks. **Author pages** * Custom author archive template with breadcrumbs and the author’s posts (classic themes; block themes keep their own author template). **Structured data** * Person and Article JSON-LD for authors and posts. * Can be switched off in the settings, and is off by default when Yoast SEO or Rank Math is active, to avoid duplicated schema. **For developers** The plugin exposes filters and actions prefixed with `dotes_ab_` (signature layouts, templates, profile fields, schema, admin tabs and settings fields, author page sections) so it can be extended without editing its files. #### Third-party libraries * Font Awesome Free 6.7.2 is bundled in `assets/vendor/fontawesome` (icons CC BY 4.0, fonts SIL OFL 1.1, code MIT). It is served from your own site. ### External services This plugin can load fonts from **Google Fonts**, a service by Google LLC. Nothing is requested from Google by default. * What it is used for: showing the signatures and author pages with a Google font. * When: only if you choose a Google font in the plugin settings (Settings > Visual customization). With the default “Inherit from theme” (or “System”) font, no request is made. * What is sent: when a visitor opens a page that shows a signature or an author page, the visitor’s browser requests the stylesheet and font files from `fonts. googleapis.com` and `fonts.gstatic.com`. As with any web request, this shares the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent with Google, plus the name and weights of the chosen font. * Service provider: Google Fonts, [Terms of Service](https://developers.google.com/fonts/terms) and [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). The plugin makes no other request to external services and sends no data to the plugin authors. ## Screenshots [⌊Author signature in the card layout below a post.⌉⌊Author signature in the card layout below a post.⌉[ Author signature in the card layout below a post. [⌊Author profile fields on the user screen, with a live preview of the signature.⌉⌊ Author profile fields on the user screen, with a live preview of the signature.⌉[ Author profile fields on the user screen, with a live preview of the signature. [⌊Signature layouts: card, line and minimal.⌉⌊Signature layouts: card, line and minimal.⌉[ Signature layouts: card, line and minimal. ## Installation 1. Upload the `dotes-author-booster` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install it from the Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin. 3. Go to **Author Booster** in the admin menu to choose the signature layout and position. 4. Fill in the professional profile under **Users > Profile**. ## FAQ ### How do I place the signature manually? Set the position to “manual” in the settings and add `[dotes_author_signature]` to the content, or `[dotes_author_signature post_id="123"]` to show the authors of another post. ### Will it duplicate the schema printed by my SEO plugin? No. When Yoast SEO or Rank Math is active the plugin does not print its own JSON- LD. Developers can change this with the `dotes_ab_output_schema` filter. ### Where are the author pages? Author pages use the normal WordPress author URL (`/author/name/`). A page listing every author is part of the Pro add-on. ### Does the author page work with block themes? With a classic theme the plugin can replace the author archive with its own template( hero, filters and posts list). Block themes build the author archive from their own template (Appearance > Editor), so the plugin keeps it; signatures and structured data work the same with any theme. ### Can a post have more than one author? Co-authorship (several authors per post, each with a signature) is part of the Pro add-on. Without it, the post shows the signature of its main author. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Dotes Author Booster” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Luiz Jr. Fernandes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dotes/) [Translate “Dotes Author Booster” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dotes-author-booster) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dotes-author-booster/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dotes-author-booster/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dotes-author-booster/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dotes-author-booster/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.4 * Fixed: the admin notice shown when the database table cannot be created now includes the database error (it was cleared by the table check). #### 1.3.3 * Removed: the hidden “custom stylesheet URL” setting kept from old versions. A URL saved there is added as an @import at the top of the theme’s Additional CSS during the update. The never-used “custom CSS” values of the visual settings are dropped. * The author JSON-LD is printed with wp_print_inline_script_tag(). * Profile, preview and settings forms read only their own fields, sanitized; the dotes_ab_profile_save_data and dotes_ab_settings_save_values filters receive sanitized input instead of the raw request. * Database: updated_at no longer uses a CURRENT_TIMESTAMP default (MySQL 5.5 support); if the table cannot be created, an admin notice explains it and the plugin tries again later. * Translations come from translate.wordpress.org; the bundled language files were removed. * Updated Font Awesome Free to 6.7.2. #### 1.3.2 * New: standardized “Pro support” sub-tab, first in the Support tab. Pro subscribers send their request to the Dotes team from there (the form comes from the Pro add-on and checks the license); without Pro it shows what Pro support includes. The free plugin sends nothing by itself. The forum and FAQ links of the old “ Help” sub-tab moved into it. #### 1.3.1 * All admin and front-end texts (settings, badges, author page scripts) are now translatable. #### 1.3.0 * New author page hero: the author’s cover image as a full-width banner, avatar, role, location, bio (long bios collapse with “Read more”) and stats. The “Hero style” setting (full, simple, minimal) now works. * Signatures redesigned with a single stylesheet; the card layout shows the author cover as a banner. The settings preview now matches the front end and uses the theme content width. * New author profile block: collapsible sections, signature preview, cover and photo picked from the media library (kept by attachment ID, so they survive domain changes) and the main social networks first. * Fixed: saving the profile erased the author’s social links. * The signature now uses the short bio (WordPress “Biographical Info”) and the custom author photo; the full bio is used on the author page. * Settings that were ignored now work: show bio/avatar/social links, posts per page, AJAX loading (numbered pagination when off), category/tag filters and post counts. * List layout of the author posts fixed: image on the left, text on the right. * Front-end styles scoped to the plugin pages (nothing leaks into the theme anymore) and animation names prefixed. * Removed: Customizer panel (colors are set in the plugin settings), cache dashboard, unused settings and placeholder features. * Fixed JavaScript errors on the author page, the post editor and the settings page; admin notices are no longer hidden behind the plugin header. * The author page scripts no longer expose the plugin settings to visitors. * The page listing all authors moved to the Pro add-on. A page created by older versions for it (holding only the [dotes_authors_page] shortcode) is moved to the trash. * Co-authorship moved to the Pro add-on. Existing co-authors are kept in the database and come back when the Pro add-on is active. * The settings screen has a sticky save bar, menu icons matching the tabs and a Pro tab describing the add-on. * New settings header with the Dotes logo and the version/Pro status; tabs switch with a fade. * Support tab: FAQ rewritten for the current features and help links that work. * New developer hooks: dotes_ab_author_posts_query_args, dotes_ab_author_post_count, dotes_ab_signature_container_before and dotes_ab_signature_layout_visual. #### 1.2.2 * Settings unified in a single option and connected to the front end. * The co-author display options (contribution type, participation percentage and role) now control what the signature shows. * Security hardening: capability checks, nonces, escaping and private storage for uploaded files. * Privacy: personal data exporter and eraser, privacy policy suggestion. * Removed the licensing code, test and debug tools, the asset minifier and the query optimizer. * E-E-A-T analysis, author recruitment and the masonry, timeline and hero carousel templates are no longer part of this plugin. * Font Awesome bundled locally; Google Fonts only on explicit opt-in. * Front-end assets load only where the plugin outputs content. * New developer hooks (`dotes_ab_*`). ## Meta * Version **1.3.4** * Last updated **21 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [author bio](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-bio/)[author box](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-box/) [author page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-page/)[multi author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multi-author/) [schema](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotes-author-booster/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dotes-author-booster/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dotes-author-booster/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Luiz Jr. Fernandes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dotes/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dotes-author-booster/)