Como probablemente sepa, un cuadro de biografía de autor aumenta la autenticidad de su Blog. Aunque publicar de forma anónima tiene sus usos, no se compara con el valor de la autenticidad. La biografía de un autor genera confianza en sus lectores. Las persons no solo quieren leer la información que publicas en tu blog, al mismo tiempo quieren saber quién eres. Es más fácil para las personas confiar en ti cuando pueden asociar el contents que leen con una persona real.
So if you've been hiding behind pseudonyms, it's time you consider adding an author bio box. In a previous post, I showed you how to manage multiple authors on a blog while sharing what you need to know about writing a blog bio. But in this post, I'm going to share six ways that you can add an author bio box to your site so all those authors get their due. There are basically three approaches to this:
- Choose a theme that already has an author box
- Usando complementos de WordPress
- Editing your theme code directly
Six of the methods I'm going to discuss are actually add-ons. Regardless, before doing anything else, you must add authors or users through the panel at Users > Add new. Afterwards, you or your authors will need to add biographies (short descriptions), as well as any other content that will be used in your author boxes (Gravatar, image, links, social profiles, etc.).
The easiest and recommended (but not necessarily the best) way to add an author bio box to your blog is through the use of a plugin. Just download your chosen plugin, install it, and configure it the way you want. That's. Here are some plugins to consider:
1. Choose a theme with built-in author boxes
The simplest answer is to choose a theme that already has the author box options you need. As an example, ours Total theme includes support for author biographies, images, and links. So at best, all you need to do is add a little flair. Just take the time to watch the live demo of the theme first, locate the blog, and check the posts for an author box. If you are not sure, contact the developer. They should be able to tell you right away if this is a feature of the theme they offer.
2. Starbox: Authorbox for humans
Starbox proporciona una forma sencilla de agregar un hermoso cuadro de biografía de autor sin alterar el código. Viene con múltiples temas que puede usar, como temas comerciales, tema desplegable, tema elegante y más. Este complemento al mismo tiempo facilita la incorporación de los perfiles sociales de los autores. Al mismo tiempo puede configurar su verificación de autoría de Google and Facebook con un clic de un botón.
Starbox is designed for user participation. It focuses on images and is without a doubt an extremely easy plugin to use. You can further customize the plugin if you want, but the default settings offer more than enough to get the job done right.
3. Simple author box
Simple Author Box hace exactamente lo que sugiere su nombre: agrega un simple cuadro de autor a sus publicaciones en su blog de WordPress. Aún cuando el complemento puede ser simple, no es aburrido de ninguna manera. Con Simple Author Box, puede mostrar su nombre, descripción, gravatar, sitio Web e íconos de redes sociales. De hecho, admite hasta 30 iconos si eres un verdadero experto en redes sociales.
At the same time you can customize it to match your theme colors and design. At the same time, the author box is fully responsive, so it looks just as sharp on mobile devices as it does on laptops and larger screens. Simple Author Box at the same time enables you to manually insert the author biography box into the code of the single.php or author.php template files, if you wish.
4. Co-authors Plus
Co-Authors Plus is designed for multi-author blogging. WordPress doesn't support multiple author credits by default, so a plugin like this can be really useful if you have a lot of contributing authors.
With Co-Authors Plus, you can assign multiple author lines to a post to which multiple co-authors have contributed. At the same time you can add author biographies as a signature by using your guest author profile.
Obviously, this plugin is not as straightforward as the others covered so far here. You will need to make some modifications to your theme files before using the plugin template tags to display author names. Despite this, it is worth noting to check if you frequently present collaborative publications.
5. Biography of the sexy author
The Sexy Author Bio plugin makes it easy to add a fully custom author bio box to your posts. It supports single and multiple authors, and comes with two sets of social media icons: round and square.
Puede personalizar todo, incluidos los colores, el tamaño del avatar, los colores de los enlaces y el fondo a través del panel de administración del complemento. La pantalla predeterminada presenta un fondo oscuro con el nombre del autor en mayúsculas, mientras que la información de la biografía se muestra como texto blanco.
6. Manual incorporation of themes
Los métodos anteriores usan complementos o se centran en las funciones integradas de su tema para mostrar cuadros de biografía del autor en las publicaciones. Hemos visto solo algunos que puede usar para agregar sin problemas la información de la biografía del autor a una publicación, pero ciertamente, hay muchos más que puede ver si lo necesita. De todos modos, si eres un desarrollador web y estás trabajando en la creación de un tema, querrás agregarlo manualmente dentro de tu tema.
A continuación se muestra un código de ejemplo que puede agregar. Para este caso, mostrará un encabezado, gravatar, descripción del autor y un link a la página de autores. Este código se ha tomado de forma directa de nuestro tema Zero WordPress y puede ver una demostración en vivo sobre este page.
<?php
// Get Author Data
$author = get_the_author();
$author_description = get_the_author_meta( 'description' );
$author_url = esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) );
$author_avatar = get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'user_email' ), apply_filters( 'wpex_author_bio_avatar_size', 75 ) );
// Only display if author has a description
if ( $author_description ) : ?>
<div class="author-info clr">
<h4 class="heading"><span><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Written by %s', 'text_domain' ), esc_html( $author ) ); ?></span></h4>
<div class="author-info-inner clr">
<?php if ( $author_avatar ) { ?>
<div class="author-avatar clr">
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $author_url ); ?>" rel="author">
<?php echo $author_avatar; ?>
</a>
</div><!-- .author-avatar -->
<?php } ?>
<div class="author-description">
<p><?php echo wp_kses_post( $author_description ); ?></p>
<p><a href="<?php echo esc_url( $author_url ); ?>" title="<?php esc_html_e( 'View all author posts', 'text_domain' ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'View all author posts', 'text_domain' ); ?> →</a></p>
</div><!-- .author-description -->
</div><!-- .author-info-inner -->
</div><!-- .author-info -->
<?php endif; ?>Some points to keep in mind:
- The author bio information is added in WordPress at Users> Your profile.
- En el código, notará que la biografía del autor está configurada para mostrarse solo si un Username dispone de una descripción, esto se debe a que, de lo contrario, se vería extraño con solo un nombre y un avatar
- Avatars in WordPress are configured through Gravatar so its users will have to create an account and charge their gravatar.
- You'll want to design your author's bio box by adding your custom style directly into the theme style.css proceedings.
Adding an author bio box to your posts is absolutely necessary if you want to create authenticity. Readers are more likely to establish a strong connection with you if they can attach a face to the content they read. Luckily, there are many plugins that you can use to add an author box with minimal hassle.
Now it's your turn. How has adding an author box to your posts affected your blog readers? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject below!
