Description
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Overview
CoolAuthorBox is the WordPress Author Bio Box Plugin that displays an author box / author info / auhor bio to your theme sidebar / widget area or in a single post with social media links. You can use your profile info or you can put your desired info. 6 eye-catching template colors let you choose according to your theme. 12 common social links help you to connect with more people.
This plugin can display author info in two ways. One is a widget and the other is in a single post. This is an excellent plugin to display author image/avatar, name, title, biography, email, website, social links and more.
CoolAuthorBox is a simple, effective and powerful plugin to display your author info.
🌟 Plugin Features:
- Easy to install
- Works with any WordPress theme
- Fully Responsive
- Minimal settings required
- Super Easy and Fast
- Can be display both in widget area or in a single post
- Attractive admin panel
- 12 social network links available
- 7 template colors
- Author info can be use from profile
- Social network links customization
- Individual post author infobox
- Widget profile banner
🌟 Author Info Features:
- Author name
- Author title
- Author author image/avatar
- Author biography info
- Author email
- Author website
- Author social links
- Individual post author infobox
- Profile banner in widget
🌟 Options in information settings:
- Author name
- Author title
- Author email
- Author website
- Author biography info
- Biographical Info Font Size
- Option to display gravater or uploaded image
🌟 Options in template settings:
- Choose from 7 available templates color
- Display option – Post / Page / Both / None
- Author box position: top or bottom of the content
- Show/hide author title
- Show/hide author email
- Show/hide author website
- Photo/Social icon shape: Square, Rounded or Circle
- Author Image/Gravatar width
- Show / Hide profile banner option
🌟 Pro Features
- Name font color / font size
- Title font color / font size
- Description / biographical info font color / size
- Email / Website info font color / size
- Profile Image animation option
- Widget content alignment option – Left / Center / Right
- Profile image border width and color option
- Container border width and color option
- Container background color option
- Container border radius option
📋 Translation Ready:
- POT file included (/languages/)
- Arabic
- Bengoli
- French (France)
- German
- Italian
- Spanish (Spain)
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Screenshots
Lite author box widget 
Dark author box widget 
Author box widget with rounded image 
Author box in post section 
Author box in post section - dark 
Author box in both post and sidebar section 
Author box at top of post content 
Author box at bottom of post content 
Title and social link option in WordPress user profile panel
Installation
Install CoolAuthorBox as a regular WordPress plugin. Here are different ways to install plugin:
Install by search plugin:
- In your Admin, go to menu Plugins > Add New
- Search HM CoolAuthorBox Widget
- Click to install
- Activate the plugin
- Set the widget in Admin Widgets area.
Install by upload plugin:
- Download the latest version of HM CoolAuthorBox Widget (.zip file)
- In your Admin, go to menu Plugins > Add New
- Select “Upload Plugin”
- Click on “Choose File”
- Select downloaded hm-cool-author-box-widget.zip and click on “Install Now” button
- Activate the plugin
- HM Author Box will appear in Admin Widget area.
FAQ
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After activating the plugin, you will see “Cool Author Box” in Admin Dashboard Menu.
Go to “Settings” and apply your “Personal” and “Social” info first.
After that go to “Appearance” -> “Widget” and find the widget “HM Cool Author Box”.
Now Drag and drop it to your preferred area.
Now find the ‘HM Author Box’ Widget and drag it to your sidebar.
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Go to “User” -> “Profile” and set your “Display name publicly as” first.
Now fill up your “Website”, “Biographical Info”, “Profile Picture” etc.
After that scroll down and find “Cool Author Box” section.
Here you can setup your “Title” and “Social” info.
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You need a Gravatar to display author image in your author box
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Any planning to display my uploaded profile image?
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Yes, we have a future plan for this. Please stay with us.
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Please go to Users -> Your Profile and fill up Biographical Info. Also fill up email and website if you want to show them.
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Contributors & Developers
“WordPress Author Bio Box Plugin – CoolAuthorBox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.9.2
- Freemius sdk version upgraded
- Fontawesome 6 integrated
- Admin panel reorganized
- Show hide author box in single post
- Help page added
2.9.1
- Security fix
2.9
- Biographical info font size moved to Styles Settings Page
- Display option – Post / Page / Both / None added
- Rounded images issue fixed
- Css issue fixed and improved
- Code optimized
- Widget profile banner added
- Show-hide profile banner option added
2.8
- Individual post author infobox integrated
- Code Optimized and re-organized
- Font Awesome integrated
- Css fixed
2.7
- Issue fixed
2.6
- Minor bug fixed
- Css issue fixed
2.5
- Template styling changed
- Branding changed
- Uninstall.php added
- Donation link added to plugin meta
- Code optimized
- Form submit notification enabled in admin
- CSS fixed
2.4
- Photo/Gravatar width option Added
- Minor bug fixed
- Css issue fixed
2.3
- Biographical Info Font Size Added
- Biographical Info Line Break Issue Solved
2.2
- Option added for displaying gravater or uploaded image
- Option added to display author box in Post/Page
- some bugs fixed
2.1
- Code updated
- some bugs fixed
2.0
- 6 templates included
- 12 social link updated
- Photograph upload option included
- Code updated
- some bugs fixed
1.4
- Template choosing option added
- Author name font size option added
- Description font size option added
- Description font color option added
- Some Css related issue fixed
1.3
- Content alignment option added
- Rounded Author image/gravater option added
- Author Image Border option added
- Author Image Flip option added
- Some Css related issue fixed
1.2
- Some minor code fixed
- Author image/gravater now on center
- Fixed the font size of Author name, email and website
- Social link images now on center
1.1
- Attractive admin panel added
- Various display name options added
- Email display option added
- Website URL display option added
- 5 social link (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, Instagram) with icons added
- Socila link display option added
1.0
- Initial release