=== Author Spotlight (Widget) === Contributors: debashish Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=P65K7JVX4EXP6&lc=IN&item_name=Wordpress%20Plugin&item_number=iframe%2dwidget¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted Tags: author,authors,profile,author profile,author bio,bio,coauthors,multiple authors Requires at least: 2.7 Tested up to: 3.0.1 Stable tag: 2.0 A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on the Single page. Example web page: http://www.nirantar.org/1006-nazariya-cola-debate. == Description == Author Spotlight widget displays the profile of the author(s) with website link and profile picture or gravatar on the Post (Single) page. The widget automatically detects the current author(s) of the displayed post, just drag and drop the widget on your Single page sidebar and you are done. To display a custom photograph with the Author's Profile please install the [User Photo](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/ "User Photo Wordpress plugin"). In absence of this plugin the 'Author Spotlight" widget will fall-back to displaying the Gravatar associated with the user. If your posts have multiple authors you may use the [Co-Authors Plus](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co-authors-plus/ "Co-Authors Plus Wordpress plugin"), the widget will display all the author profiles one below another for such posts. Note that installing the User Photo or Co-Author plugin is not mandatory. This widget will work without them, but they are nice to have. If you face any issues with the plugin or have any suggestion/feature requests please do submit there [at this place](http://wordpress.org/tags/author-profile "Author Spotlight plugin support forum"). == Installation == 1. Download and unzip `author-profile.zip` 1. Upload the folder containing `author-profile.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress 1. To display `Author Spotlight` on Single page, browse to `Design > Widgets` and drag-and-drop the 'Author Spotlight" widget to desired sidebar. You may configure the Title and the text labels. By default the widget will truncate the Profile text to 1000 characters, you may change this limit. Save your changes and you are done. == Frequently Asked Questions == = What if I don't set any value in the widget settings? = If you don't set any values then widget displays the profile with some default text and values. The default widget title is 'Author Spotlight', other label defaults are `More posts by the Author »`, `Read Full` and `Website:`. The number of characters displayed in author profile is limited to 1000 characters by default. = I added the widget on home page and it doesn't work! = The Widget will only work on the Post (or Single) page since it is meant to display the profile of the author of the post. If you drop the widget on any other page, that doesn't have an associated author, the widget won't display anything. = I don't like my avatar image, can I upload my own photo? = If you wish to display a custom photograph to go with the Author's Profile you may install the [User Photo](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/ "User Photo Wordpress plugin"). In absence of this plugin the 'Author Spotlight" widget will fallback to displaying the gravatar associated with the user. = The widget doesn't display my website OR my profile details are incomplete! = The widget picks details from User's Wordpress profile. Needless to say that if this information is not there the widget cannot display it. To set your own user-profile details go to `Users > Your Profile`. If you are an admin of the blog the you may also edit the profile of other users and add their profile image if the `User Photo` plugin is installed. = The link to the author profile page doesn't work for me! = For the link to the full profile page of the author to work you would need to ensure that your wordpress theme contains the `author.php`. [Refer this codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates "Author Templates") for details on the author templates. = My blog posts are written by multiple authors, how can I display all profiles on the post page? = Beginning 2.0 release this plugin now supports the excellent [Co-Authors Plus](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co-authors-plus/ "Co-Authors Plus Wordpress plugin") plugin, if you have this plugin installed all author profiles would show up on the Single page without any extra configuration. This plugin lets you add multiple authors to a post. Remember that our plugin works even without the Co-Authors Plus plugin. == Screenshots == 1. This image show how you may configure the widget. 2. This is how the widget looks like on the single-page sidebar after configuration. 3. Multiple author profiles (co-authors) displayed on the sidebar. == Changelog == = 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. == Upgrade Notice == = 2.0 = This release now supports the Co-Authors Plus plugin to display multiple co-author profiles on the Single page. You should upgrade if your blog posts are co-authored by multiple authors and if you are using the Co-Authors Plus plugin.