Title: Author Bio Box Author: Claudio Sanches Published: अक्टूबर 5, 2011 Last modified: नवम्बर 4, 2021 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/author-bio-box/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1068049) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/author-bio-box_eeeeed.svg) # Author Bio Box By [Claudio Sanches](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claudiosanches/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/author-bio-box.3.4.1.zip) * [Details](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/#description) * [Reviews](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/#installation) * [Development](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/) ## Description Display a box with the author’s biography and also social icons in bottom of the post. #### Contribute You can contribute to the source code in our [GitHub](https://github.com/claudiosanches/author-bio-box) page. #### Credits * Initial idea by [Gustavo Freitas](http://gfsolucoes.net/). ### License Author Bio Box is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Author Bio Box is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Author Bio Box. If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/). ## Screenshots * [[ * Settings page. * [[ * New fields in “Your Profile” page. * [[ * Plugin in action. ## Installation * Upload plugin files to your plugins folder, or install using WordPress built- in Add New Plugin installer; * Activate the plugin; * Navigate to Settings -> Author Bio Box and fill the options; * Fill the **Biographical Info** and **Contact Info** in Users -> Your Profile. #### Add the box directly Use this function: ``` ``` ## FAQ ### What is the plugin license? * This plugin is released under a GPL license. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c38992902515b8aa9f5addb39dd766eb98711f7c099600fe2c0d8ce391e24b2b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working any more. No support as well. Don’t install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-any-more-no-support-as-well-dont-install/)󠁿 [uckunb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uckunb/) मार्च 28, 2022 Not working any more. No support as well. Don’t install ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea6c5c919226f22fae7235a06f3d39630e88f5f11d2398e7b070b57605f6bb33? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Destroyed my redirects](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/destroyed-my-redirects/)󠁿 [sirdexter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirdexter/) सितम्बर 8, 2020 2 replies I had a problem with redirecting the main page and the message appeared. “There has been a critical error on your website”. I have a few plugins installed, but this one was causing the problem. After removing it everything works just fine. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b35811a618a07b38994102bc20092a530c63ebd8c5e931ad72a36a65f9d28760? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and easy to use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-easy-to-use-290/)󠁿 [milan.latinovic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milanlatinovic/) फरबरी 10, 2020 This is one great plugin. Simple and easy to use! Thanks! 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/969ae45a6d355a689fd391f44185b20f6c593a56dc4ba1665e26c24ed073bb25? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simple and works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-works-170/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chronos666/) सितम्बर 23, 2019 It works very well, An extremely good plug-in. Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d90ecb51bb0d18b81f048e8e55272690cc89835ff1be1c3a0afc815580f42588? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Nice Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-nice-plugin-599/)󠁿 [amitgupta869](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amitgupta869/) फरबरी 6, 2019 Very simple to use this plugin thanks for this plugin bro. Keep it up . ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/250707b78d6d2df05cd3a2c4d169fce3d04912f4ea8ddbc93b8e50e49c0af8e2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-plugin-491/)󠁿 [Aleksandr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sshurick/) अप्रैल 18, 2017 Great plugin, thanks! [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Author Bio Box” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Claudio Sanches ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claudiosanches/) “Author Bio Box” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-bio-box/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Author Bio Box” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-bio-box) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/author-bio-box/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/author-bio-box/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-bio-box/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-bio-box/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.4.1 – 2021/11/04 * Prevent duplicated element. #### 3.4.0 – 2021/10/15 * Refactored plugin files. #### 3.3.3 – 2021/10/13 * Escape translable string in admin. #### 3.3.2 – 2021/10/13 * Escape and sanitize all options. Security fix. #### 3.3.1 – 2017/11/01 * Added rel nofollow to social media links. #### 3.3.0 – 2014/02/26 * Added Instagram and Pinterest icons (Thanks Jeremy Caris). #### 3.2.0 – 2014/02/26 * Added the `authorbiobox_display` filter. #### 3.2.0 – 2014/02/26 * Added Flickr, Tumblr, Vimeo and YouTube icons (thanks [@rafaelfunchal](https://github.com/rafaelfunchal)). * Created the `authorbiobox_social_data` filter for custom icons ordering. #### 3.1.1 – 2014/01/08 * Fixed the Facebook and Twitter icons. #### 3.1.0 – 2014/01/04 * Added website icon. #### 3.0.0 – 2013/12/13 * Improved all code. * Add support to WordPress 3.8. #### 2.0.0 – 2013/06/21 * Source code reformulation. * Improved performance with fewer options in the database. * Added Brazilian Portuguese and English languages. * Added `Text Color` option. * Added `Title Color` option. #### 1.7.1 * Fixed the jQuery in options page. * Fixed the styles. * Fixed the wp_nonce in options page. #### 1.7.0 * Fix a bug with display options. #### 1.6.0 * Improved the performance. * Added a function to insert the box in the theme. #### 1.5.0 * Added `strip_tags` in options page. #### 1.4.0 * Added `wp_nonce_field` and `check_admin_referer` in options page. #### 1.3.0 * Added a option to shows the box in homepage. #### 1.2.0 * Insert `target="_blank"` in author description. #### 1.1.0 * Improved the code. * Removed obsolete WP tags. * Insert `target="_blank"` in social icons. #### 1.0.0 * Initial version. ## Meta * Version **3.4.1** * Last updated **4 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.8.13** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-bio-box) * Tags * [author](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[bio](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bio/) [social](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/) * [Advanced View](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/author-bio-box/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 16 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-bio-box/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Claudio Sanches ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claudiosanches/) ## Support Got something to say? 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