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On the cons side, you can’t include links directly to the posts of any author. If you have a few authors you want to feature, you’ll need to manually add each of them and then display their ‘profiles’ on any page with a shortcode.
The easiest and most effective way to accomplish this is to add short author bios that will introduce and humanize each author. Even though WordPress offers its users the means to enter author information, it often requires additional work to fine-tune the frontend display or to insert new fields.
How to create an author page that builds your brand?
If you’re going to build a multi-author blog, it’s especially important you make sure the theme includes an author.php file. This file is responsible for generating a page dedicated to information about each author of your blog when their names are clicked in the byline of a post.
What does a new author permalink look like in WordPress?
Aaaand, you’re done! Now you can navigate to a page by using your new permalinks. Following our example, new author permalink would look something like this: http://www.firstsiteguide.com/chef/gordon. By default, WordPress will archive your posts and organize them by authors.
If you have a few authors you want to feature, you’ll need to manually add each of them and then display their ‘profiles’ on any page with a shortcode. The Pro version supports an out-of-box multiple author layout, animation effects, widgets, more custom author details, and more.
Either way, you can display a list of authors in WordPress with their bio, photos (Gravatars), and optionally social media links.
How to create a WordPress author page that builds your brand?
An author photo is also a nice touch. This can be featured in the author box, too, but will likely be quite a bit larger on the author page. This is a good thing as it can draw attention to who you are, quite literally. But not just any old photo will do, I’m afraid.