Wordpress author biography page

WordPress author pages: they’re essential for website contributors to get credit for work, and publications use them to add a smiling face to their content. Author pages link from author bios (at the end/beginning of blog posts) and often display information about the contributor, their photo, and which articles they’ve written on the website.

In this article, we break down the true definition of an author page, clear up &#; some confusion on what some people think are author pages, and walk you through steps &#; on how to add WordPress author pages.

What’s an author page?

In contrast to an author website, author pages are not full websites for novelists and writers, but rather, simple informational segments of any website that has a blog.

Author pages are:

• Individual pages that display information about the author of a post.
• Often linked to from author bios in blog posts:

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  How to Show the Author Description on WordPress

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  When you show an author description or bio at the end of your blog posts, you:

  • Build credibility, authority and influence—by providing some background info in a bio, you raise the status of your content, helping to attract new audiences, increase shares, and generate more leads.
  • Grow your list—the author description is often used to also offer a free resource to visitors in exchange for their email address.
  • Boost social audiences—some use the space to encourage visitors to connect with them on social media, in addition to other social links provided on the blog.

  (You may also want to show the author description for other contributors to your blog.)

  Of course, you don't want to enter an author description each and every time you create a post. That would be inefficient, cumbersome, and difficult (particularly when your bio needs updating!).

  Instead you need a single point of refe