Authors List vs Display Authors Widget

Easily display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page using a shortcode. Backend UI can be used to change all the options. Introducing New Authors List Pro The free version offers a large amount of features for free, and the PRO version comes with even more amazing features for your authors list. Some of those features are Styler, Search and Filters. Styler allows easy change of color/typography/spacing on any of the elements in the authors list. Filters allow you to create a better organization of the authors list. Search allows your visitors to search for specific users. Click here to get the PRO version! Shortcode All the options are available in the WP admin but you can also use a plain shortcode (as it was in version 1 of the plugin). The shortcode is [authors_list] and accepts the following attributes. style (1,2,3) columns (2,3,4) columns_direction ( horizontal, vertical ) avatar_size (any number, example 500) amount (any number, no limit by default) show_title (yes,no) show_count (yes,no) show_bio (yes,no) show_link (yes,no) orderby ( post_count, post_date, ID, login, nicename, email, url, registered, display_name, first_name, last_name ) order ( ASC, DESC ) skip_empty ( yes, no ) minimum_posts_count ( any number ) bio_word_trim ( any number, leave empty for no trim ) only_authors ( yes, no ) exclude ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) include ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) roles ( roles separated by comma, example administrator,editor ) latest_post_after ( for example if set to 7 it will only show authors that have posts published in the past 7 days ) name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose display name starts with specific characters ) first_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters ) last_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters ) categories ( category IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 ) terms ( term IDs separate by comma, example 1,3,4 ) taxonomy ( name of a taxonomy, for example post_tag ) title_element (the element that wraps the name of the user/author, defaults to div, can be any element, for example h2) link_count (yes, no) Example usage with attributes: [authors_list style="2" columns="2" amount="4" show_count="no"] There are additional attributes for custom content before and after each element: before_avatar before_title before_count before_bio before_link after_avatar after_title after_count after_bio after_link Example usage with attributes: [authors_list before_title="My custom content"] These before/after attributes also support dynamic user/author meta fields using {al:INSERT_FIELD_NAME} Example usage: [authors_list before_title="My first name is {al:first_name}"] They also support some dynamic output functionality. Currently supports displaying posts links and social links (Yoast SEO needed): Example usage for posts links: [authors_list after_title="{alf:posts}"] [authors_list after_title="{alf:posts type=plain amount=5}"] Example usage for social links: [authors_list after_title="{alf:social}"] Example usage for roles: [authors_list after_title="{alf:role}"] Example usage for link (the “to” parameter accepts foollowing values: archive bbpress_profile buddypress_profile): [authors_list after_title="{alf:link to=bbpress_profile}"] Social Icons SVGs by FontAwesome are licensed under CC BY 4.0 What’s Next If you like this plugin, then please consider leaving us a rating / review. This plugin is maintained by WPKube, a WordPress resource site, where you can learn from our in-depth guides such as What is WordPress, How to choose a WordPress hosting, & more! Our Other Projects Optin Forms: Simple and easy to use plugin for creating optin forms, works with most well known autoresponder services. Simple Basic Contact Form: Light-weight contact form plugin Subscribe to Comments Reloaded: Email Notification plugin for Comments Advanced Excerpts: This plugin adds several improvements to WordPress’ default way of creating excerpts.

This plugin register a widget to display authors by role in a sidebar. You can choose whether to display author post count, biography or gravatar. Usage Go to Appearance >> Widgets. There you can find widget called Display Authors Widget. There are some settings in a widget. Title: Set whatever title you want, or leave it blank to disable the title. Role: Choose which role authors you want to display. Display Post Count?: This displays the number of posts the author have published. This will only be shown if there are at least one post by author. The format is Author name ($number). Display Author Bio?: If checked, this will display the author’s bio as set in their WordPress profile page. Display Author Gravatar?: If checked, this will display the author’s gravatar. Gravatar Size: This is the size of the gravatar image in pixels. Do not write px or pixels in this field. If you want gravatar size to be 50px, then write “50” in this field. Gravatar Alignment: Choose whether you want to display gravatar on the left, right or no alignment at all. Limit: This will allow you to set the number of authors that are displayed in the widget.