4 Beautiful WordPress About Author Widget Plugins Recommended

Use WordPress to build a blogWebsite owners often consider adding anWordPress About Author Widgetto their site. For beginners who don't know code, they might not know how to do it. This article shares 3 author widget plugins and a method to add an About Author widget without a plugin.

What is an About Author Widget?

Similar to the About section on the left side of Naibabiji, an information box that introduces you, the website owner, or your website is called an About Authorwidgets, the English name isWidget.

4 WordPress Author Widget Plugins

Here, I share 3 author widget plugins that I've tested and found quite good. After installation, simply go toAppearance-widgetsInsideAdd.

Awesome Author Box Widget

Awesome Author Box Widget is, in my personal opinion,the most beautifully styled的author widget. It features a fully responsive layout, looking great on both mobile and desktop. Using Awesome Author Box Widget is straightforward: after installing the plugin, go to Appearance > Widgets and add the Awesome Author Box Widget to your website's sidebar. It supports setting the author's name, avatar, bio, signature, and social links.Download Link

Meks Smart Author Widget

Meks Smart Author Widget is also an author widget, offering more features than the Awesome Author Box Widget mentioned above. It's suitable for multi-author blogs, allowing you to directly view all articles by a specific author from the widget. Of course, you can hide the link to all articles and customize image sizes, among other settings. The usage method is similarly simple: after installation, add it as a widget. However, the personal bio needs to be edited in your WordPress profile at the top-right corner.Download Link

Simple Author Box

Simple Author Box, besides being able toadd it in the widget areato display author information,can also show it at the bottom of posts, as shown in the image above, which is the display effect at the end of an article. Social icons can be added in the settings. If you choose the Pro version, you can access even more features.Download Link

HM – Cool Author Box

Similarly, HM – Cool Author Box can display an author widget bar at the bottom or top of posts, in addition to the sidebar widget. However, the default display style of this plugin might not match most themes well, requiring some custom CSS to adjust the appearance.Download Link

Manually Add About Author Widget Without Plugin

Actually, you can also create a simple author section directly using WordPress's default Text widget. For a more beautiful effect, just design your own CSS code. That's all for the shared WordPress author widgets.