Title: customizing author archive template
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# customizing author archive template

 *  [afjsystem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afjsystem/)
 * (@afjsystem)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/)
 * i was wondering how to make a customize author archive template.
 * let say it shows the avatar, user meta, and two column of posts.
 * any idea please…

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 *  [Galegri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/galegri/)
 * (@galegri)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522099)
 * To do something like that you should create a page-template which requires some
   programing skills (PHP, CSS, HTML).
    I didn’t find any tutorial to do this with
   Customizr, I already tried this twice and is beyond my knowledge of wordpress,
   sorry.
 *  Thread Starter [afjsystem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afjsystem/)
 * (@afjsystem)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522128)
 * yes i think it’s not for beginner as i am to tweak the template.
    But i eager
   to customize this and need point of direction.
 * We have custom-page.php in customizr. that would be a good start.
 * OR
 * If we click the author in About Author below post, it goes to author archive.
   is there any other way to override the default author archive by adding the author-
   page.php template.
 * any suggestion ?
 *  [acub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acub/)
 * (@acub)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522129)
 * Copy custom-page.php from Customizr and name it author-{id}.php in your child
   theme, where {id} is the auhtor’s id. You can also use the author’s username (
   also called nicename). So author-1.php or author-acub.php would be both valid
   templates for a user with id 1 or username acub.
 * Make your mods to the template, upload and you’re done.
 *  [pppandis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pppandis/)
 * (@pppandis)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522132)
 * Hi all!
 * Thanks for your comments guys. I am trying to change the author page as well 
   but not the template. I would like to add extra fields such as email address,
   facebook etc. I have tried different kind of plugins which include extra fields
   in the user’s profile page but Customizr by default includes only the Bio section
   and the avatar picture in the author page.
 * Could you please give me an example of how I can add extra fields and which files
   do I have to modify because Customizr uses a different database than this I have
   get used.
 * P.S. there is a file in the part folder namely class-content-page.php but I am
   not sure if it is the one that I have to modify.
 * Thanks in advance.
 *  [acub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acub/)
 * (@acub)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522134)
 * No matter what database you have get used, pppandis, it is recommended that you
   start your own thread.
 *  Thread Starter [afjsystem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afjsystem/)
 * (@afjsystem)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-author-archive-template/#post-4522256)
 * Hi Acub, sorry late to more discussed here, i’m away from PC these weeks.
 * But if you name itu author-{id}.php it goes to only specific author.
    What if
   it’s general for multi author site ?

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