Simple Author Box

About Simple Author Box

Simple Author Box is a plugin that adds a customizable author box at the end of your blog posts, displaying the author's name, gravatar, description, and social icons. The Pro version offers additional features like changing the position of the author box, customizing the color palette, enabling guest authors, and more. The plugin is GDPR compatible, as it does not track or collect user data, but if you choose to use Bunny Fonts, user data may be processed according to their terms of service.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Simple Author Box?

Simple Author Box is a WordPress plugin that adds a responsive author box to the end of your posts. It displays the author's name, gravatar, and description. The plugin also adds social profile fields to the WordPress user profile screen, allowing social icons to be displayed in the author box.

What are the main features of Simple Author Box?

Key features include displaying author gravatar, name, website, description, and social icons. It is fully customizable to match your theme design and is responsive across various devices. The plugin automatically inserts the author box at the end of your post, with an option for manual insertion.

Does Simple Author Box support guest authors?

Yes, Simple Author Box is great for guest posts and guest authors. The Pro version offers additional features for enabling guest authors and co-authors.

Is Simple Author Box GDPR compatible?

Yes, Simple Author Box is GDPR compatible and uses Bunny Fonts.

Can I customize the appearance of the author box?

Yes, Simple Author Box is fully customizable to match your theme design, offering options for style, color, size, and text. The Pro version provides even more extensive customization options, including changing the color palette, font, and font sizes.

Changelog

2.54

2024-07-08
minor security fixes

2.53

2024-03-27
WordPress 6.5 and PHP 8.2 compatibility

2.52

2023-07-16
Minor bug fixes
Minor security fix

2.51

2023-03-07
Minor security/nonce fixes

2.50

2023-01-06
Minor accessibility fixes

2.49

2022-11-21
Replaced Google Fonts with GDPR Compatible Bunny Fonts
Minor security fixes

2.48

2022-04-14
Fixed author box showing on all post types in some cases
We messed up v2.46 and 2.47 – sorry ?

2.45

2021-11-28
Fixed missing ALT attribute on author avatars

2.42

2021-07-19
More bug fixes

2.41

2021-07-15
Minor bug fixes

2.4

2021-07-14
Completely new GUI
Removed Freemius integration

2.3.22

2021-05-26
Minor update for social links (noopener and aria-label)

2.3.21

2021-03-07
Updated Freemius library

2.3.20

2020-11-13
Updated Freemius library
Removed promo for WP 301 Redirects plugin

2.3.19

2020-10-15
Removed various unnecessary elements like the news and changelog
Added promo for WP 301 Redirects plugin

2.3.18

2020-04-18
Added Discord social icon
Updated Freemius library

2.3.16

Fixed missing files

2.3.15

Fixed missing link on avatar

2.3.14

Fixed PHP notice “roles”

2.3.13

Fixed visibility issue

2.3.12

Fixed: wrong class name issue

2.3.11

New feature: function wpsabox_author_box now accepts param $user_id

2.3.10

Fixed: custom author’s page (Premium only)

2.3.9

New feature: custom author’s page (Premium only)

2.3.8

Fixed visibility on archives (Premium only)

2.3.7

Removed protocol prefix from the website URL
Added controls for brackets in the job title (Premium only)

2.3.6

Fixed visibility on archives (Premium only)

2.3.5

Added phone icon

2.3.3

Updated README.txt
Added Freemius library

2.3.2

Fix for gutenberg block – telegram and twitter were inverted
Fixed missing Whatsapp icon border setting
Added filter for extra social icons extensions

2.3.1

Improved widget – added display name alongside username
Fixed telegram symbol color changing
Fixed telegram display in Gutenberg block
Fixed avatar/gravatar circle/square functionality
Fix for author name color change when link set to none
Fix for plugin settings link
Fix for author description display

2.3.0

Added Elementor widget
Added Gutenberg block
Added a widget
Added telegram icon

2.2.2

Added schema.org tags.

2.2.1

Fixed author box appearing on every page.

2.2.0

Added option to show all authors with our shortcode
Added option to disable the author box on archieve pages.
Found a solution for “incompatibility with Content Blocks”
Found a solution to translate the author description with WPML and Polylang

2.1.5

Remove uninstall feedback.

2.1.4

Added WhatsApp Social Media Link.

2.1.3

Fixed error on footer.
Fixed profile image in dashboard ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/97 )
Fixed profile image in comments ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/96 )

2.1.2

Added alt tag for custom profile image.

2.1.1

Minor fixes & version bump

2.1.0

Speed improvement ( We removed FA and added icons as SVG’s and removed our css file and added inline )
Added new Social Icon : Mastodont
Added RTL Support
Added option to add external url for user avatar
Added option to control the width of border
Fixed small issues
See complete list here : https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/milestone/7?closed=1

2.0.9

AMP CSS fixes & validator

2.0.8

Fixed a small bug re. custom AMP CSS (forgot to add ‘px’ units for author description paragraphs, browser was interpreting them as em)

2.0.7

Added AMP compatibility
Fixed some CSS isues & cleaned up the code

2.0.6

Initial PRO version release & minor bug fixes
Saving now remembers the tab you were on

2.0.5

Fixed Profile Image of Admin Covers All User’s Avatars : https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/58

2.0.4

Added Snapchat icon: https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/35
Fixed Shortcode issue: https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/33
Added plugin uninstall feedback: https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/40
Fixes #45 (400 Error Loading Fonts)
Fixes #47 (Replace button in user profile for add social media)
Fixes #48 (Move feedback box only to support tab)
Fixes #49 (Display plugin version)
Fixes #43 (Add 500px icon)
Added various UI fixes (edit user profile button in plugin settings page, edit user profile/sab settings visible in author box Only if user is logged in on the frontend)
Fixes incompatibility with SiteOrigin PageBuilder (fixed in: 406f569dd1eaee54801e1b5359bf101a9e6fd1ea); thanks @AlexGStapleton)
There was a bug that prevented the following options: “Open author website link in a new tab” && “Add “nofollow” attribute on author website link” when the “show author website” option was toggled to ON. Now it’s fixed – yay.
Fixes #50 (Replace all gravatar instances in wp-admin with SAB custom image)
Introduces new, simplified UI
Updated plugin GPL requirements

2.0.3

Fixed again the typography issue.
Fixed email in social icons
Add Meetup, Quora & Medium social icons

2.0.2

Fixed a typography issue
Added VK

2.0.1

Removed simple author box from pages.
Added new tab in setting page

2.0

Included the option to add html to a user’s description ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/23 )
Fixed Google fonts error ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/14 )
Added new features ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/7 )
Added the posibility to add custom profile images
Created a shortcode that can be placed inside the posts’ content wherever a user wants
Improved how you add social links

1.9

Removed lang folder, translations are now being handled by GlotPress on w.org
Fixed a CSS bug ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/11 )
Removed ShortPixel Banner ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/8 )
Minor UI reworks. The plugin’s CSS was overwriting a lot of WordPress Core UI styling
Removed RTL CSS stylesheets as they weren’t being properly handled. Will re-add them at a later date, after the new UI will be released
Updated the URL that was loading FontAwesome Icons from 4.1 -> 4.7 ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/9 )
Fixed oEmbed bug on front-end ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/2 )
Added MixCloud Icon ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/3 )
Added GoodReads Icon ( https://github.com/MachoThemes/simple-author-box/issues/6 )

1.8

Changed plugin authorship

1.7

Fixed a small CSS issue.
Added a recommendation for an image optimization plugin – ShortPixel

1.6

Fixed a small CSS issue.

1.5

Added XING network social profile field & icon.

1.4

Fixed the code snippet provided for manually insert the author box. Thanks to @mazter3000 for the bug report.
Fixed a line-height issue on author name link.

1.3

Fixed a line-height issue on author description text and other small css fixes.

1.2

Added author website option, fully configurable.
Added the ability to manually insert the author box on author.php or archive.php.
Added two more conditionals to load plugin CSS when need it.
Fixed some visual appearance of admin options in Google Chrome.
Updated translation with the new strings.

1.1

Removed AIM, Yahoo, and Jabber Fields from the WordPress Profile Page.

1.0

Initial release