Starbox Pro

Author profiles beside WordPress content

Starbox Pro adds visual author boxes so readers can see who wrote an article and find that writer's profiles or other work. Author profiles can include a name, job title, company with a link, a biography with paragraphs, and an uploaded image instead of a Gravatar. Boxes can link to an author's articles and display their latest posts.

Choose the placement and theme

Set boxes to appear above or below content, and pick whether they display on posts, pages, or both. Authors can share a default theme or use their own theme and placement. Boxes can also appear on the add-on's author pages. You can conceal the box for selected authors or suppress another author box on a page to prevent duplicates. The source capability list also notes compatibility with WooCommerce and other e-commerce plugins.

Social profiles and author information

Each author can have a various set of clickable social profile links. The listed networks include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube, and Vimeo. Starbox also lists Google Authorship and Facebook Authorship options; authors add their Google and Facebook accounts to their profiles for those details to appear. Its technical feature list names HTML5 and Google Microformats, including vCard, for author information.

Display boxes with a shortcode

Use the [starbox] shortcode in a post or widget for a standard display. Add an author, custom description, or theme when needed, for example [starbox id="login_name" desc="custom description" theme="business"]. For a post with multiple contributors, the shortcode accepts comma-separated usernames or author IDs, such as [starbox id="john,david"] or [starbox id="1,2,3"].

Set up author profiles and social accounts first, then choose placement, theme, and which content types should show a box. Use a shortcode when you need a specific author display in a post or widget.