25 WordPress Tutorials + Design Inspirations to Make Your Own Author Info Box

5th Jun 2012 | Posted by Eko S. | 2 Comments

Author info box is become a must have feature on many blog and website today, especially on blogs that post content from multiple writers. And usually it will display at the bottom of each post and fill with the author name, avatar, and also a short bio along with profile links.

In this article, we have collected author info box inspiration and wordpress tutorials that will help you to create your own author info box.

Author Info Box Tutorials

How to Build an Author Box in WordPress

by Zach Dunn
WordPress tags make it especially easy to customize your own post’s “About the Author” section. We’ll be making a basic one like the one used on this site in this tutorial. It will load a picture, the name, and description of the post’s author.

Designing a WordPress author box

by Greg
In this tutorial we will learn how to create the author box in Photoshop, code it and then integrate it within WordPress.

How to Create an Author Info Section in WordPress

by Chris Spooner
It’s common to find an author’s credit and bio at the end of a blog post, especially on blogs that post content from multiple writers. Using a cocktail of WordPress template tags, an info section can be easily put together to showcase the author’s Gravatar profile image, their name, link to their website and short bio.

Adding an About the Author Box to Your WordPress Posts

by Jake Rocheleau
Today we’ll be looking into author meta data functions for building an “About the Author” box.

How to Add an Author Info Box in WordPress Posts

by WPBeginner
In this article we will show you, how you can add an author information box at the end of your single posts without a plugin.

Author Info Box Inspiration

1. Smashing Magazine

2. Build Internet

3. Codrops

4. WPCandy

5. Backstreet – Blog and Magazine Theme

6. Onextrapixel

7. Line25

8. WeGraphics

9. WPTuts+

10. DesignModo

11. 1stwebdesigner

12. InstantShift

13. SwagMag – WordPress Magazine/Review Theme

14. Web Design Ledger

15. Noupe

16. Pro Blog Design

17. Design Instuct

18. UX Booth

19. The Daily Press: Super Simple WP Publication Theme

20. FreelanceSwitch

Conclusion

We hope you found this post useful. Do you have another great resource in designing an author info box? Which the author box design is your favorite? Please share with us in the comment below.

2 Comments to “25 WordPress Tutorials + Design Inspirations to Make Your Own Author Info Box”

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1. paulund says:

   June 9, 2012 at 02:58

   I wrote a tutorial about this subject a couple of weeks ago which explained how to create an author bio box with social links attached to user link similar to what codrops do on their author bios. Have a look let me know what you think. http://www.paulund.co.uk/how-to-display-author-bio-with-wordpress

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2. sitedesignnet says:

   June 15, 2012 at 09:53

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