Easily display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page using a shortcode.<\/p>\n\n
Backend UI can be used to change all the options.<\/p>\n\n
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Styler<\/strong> allows easy change of color\/typography\/spacing on any of the elements in the authors list.
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All the options are available in the WP admin but you can also use a plain shortcode (as it was in version 1 of the plugin). The shortcode is [authors_list] and accepts the following attributes.<\/p>\n\n
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- style (1,2,3)<\/li>\n
- columns (2,3,4)<\/li>\n
- columns_direction ( horizontal, vertical )<\/li>\n
- avatar_size (any number, example 500)<\/li>\n
- amount (any number, no limit by default)<\/li>\n
- show_title (yes,no)<\/li>\n
- show_count (yes,no)<\/li>\n
- show_bio (yes,no)<\/li>\n
- show_link (yes,no)<\/li>\n
- orderby ( post_count, post_date, ID, login, nicename, email, url, registered, display_name, first_name, last_name )<\/li>\n
- order ( ASC, DESC )<\/li>\n
- skip_empty ( yes, no )<\/li>\n
- minimum_posts_count ( any number )<\/li>\n
- bio_word_trim ( any number, leave empty for no trim )<\/li>\n
- only_authors ( yes, no )<\/li>\n
- exclude ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )<\/li>\n
- include ( user IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )<\/li>\n
- roles ( roles separated by comma, example administrator,editor )<\/li>\n
- latest_post_after ( for example if set to 7 it will only show authors that have posts published in the past 7 days )<\/li>\n
- name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose display name starts with specific characters )<\/li>\n
- first_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters )<\/li>\n
- last_name_starts_with ( limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters )<\/li>\n
- categories ( category IDs separated by comma, example 1,3,4 )<\/li>\n
- terms ( term IDs separate by comma, example 1,3,4 )<\/li>\n
- taxonomy ( name of a taxonomy, for example post_tag )<\/li>\n
- title_element (the element that wraps the name of the user\/author, defaults to div, can be any element, for example h2)<\/li>\n
- link_count (yes, no)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Example usage with attributes:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list style=\"2\" columns=\"2\" amount=\"4\" show_count=\"no\"]<\/pre>\n\nThere are additional attributes for custom content before and after each element:<\/p>\n\n
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- before_avatar<\/li>\n
- before_title<\/li>\n
- before_count<\/li>\n
- before_bio<\/li>\n
- before_link<\/li>\n
- after_avatar<\/li>\n
- after_title<\/li>\n
- after_count<\/li>\n
- after_bio<\/li>\n
- after_link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Example usage with attributes:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list before_title=\"My custom content\"]<\/pre>\n\nThese before\/after attributes also support dynamic user\/author meta fields using<\/p>\n\n
{al:INSERT_FIELD_NAME}<\/pre>\n\nExample usage:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list before_title=\"My first name is {al:first_name}\"]<\/pre>\n\nThey also support some dynamic output functionality. Currently supports displaying posts links and social links (Yoast SEO needed):<\/p>\n\n
Example usage for posts links:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list after_title=\"{alf:posts}\"]<\/pre>\n\n[authors_list after_title=\"{alf:posts type=plain amount=5}\"]<\/pre>\n\nExample usage for social links:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list after_title=\"{alf:social}\"]<\/pre>\n\nExample usage for roles:<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list after_title=\"{alf:role}\"]<\/pre>\n\nExample usage for link (the \"to\" parameter accepts foollowing values: archive bbpress_profile buddypress_profile):<\/p>\n\n
[authors_list after_title=\"{alf:link to=bbpress_profile}\"]<\/pre>\n\nSocial Icons SVGs by FontAwesome<\/a> are licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/p>\n\n
What's Next<\/h4>\n\n
If you like this plugin, then please consider leaving us a rating \/ review. This plugin is maintained by WPKube<\/a>, a WordPress resource site, where you can learn from our in-depth guides such as\nWhat is WordPress<\/a>, How to choose a WordPress hosting<\/a>, & more!<\/p>\n\n
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- Security fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.6.1 (February 25th, 2025)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Security fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.5 (December 10th, 2024)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Security fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.4 (January 16th, 2024)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Added option for link text<\/li>\n
- Added option for random ordering<\/li>\n
- Added an alternate shortcode (in case of conflicts with other plugins), the shortcode is [sk_authors_list]<\/li>\n
- {al:custom_field_name} now uses get_the_author_meta function as a 2nd fallback<\/li>\n
- Fixed issue with pagination not showing correct amount of pages when the user roles are not authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.3 (July 10th, 2023)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to hide\/show the avatar<\/li>\n
- Security fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.2 (March 30th, 2023)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Fixed issue with pagination not working when the pagination slug is modified<\/li>\n
- Fixed issue with Tiktok in social links<\/li>\n
- Update POT (translation template file)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.1 (March 29th, 2023)<\/h4>\n\n
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- \"Pagination\" option added to the backend settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
2.0.0 (March 28th, 2023)<\/h4>\n\n
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- A completely new version with backend settings (old shortcode parameters still work as they did in version 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.9 (November 14th, 2022)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Improved the system for ordering by \"all_post_count\"<\/li>\n
- The number of posts element can now be linked to the archive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.8 (October 3rd, 2022)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Fixed issue with taxonomy\/term filters not working properly for custom post types<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.7 (February 21th, 2022)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Fixed deprecated notice related to WordPress 5.9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.6 (September 24, 2021)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Added parameter \"first_name_starts_with\" (limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters)<\/li>\n
- Added parameter \"last_name_starts_with\" (limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters)<\/li>\n
- The parameter \"latest_post_after\" now works with all post types defined in the \"post_types\" parameter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.5 (April 9th, 2021)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Accessibility fix (show name in aria-label for the \"View posts\" link). Thanks to @rscano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.4 (January 26th, 2021)<\/h4>\n\n
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- New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show post date above the title. Example after_title=\"{alf:posts show_date=yes}\"<\/li>\n
- New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show posts of specific category. Example after_title=\"{alf:posts show_date=yes categories=5}\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.3 (January 10th, 2021)<\/h4>\n\n
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- New perameter for {alf:social} function to switch social icons to FontAwesome font. Example: after_title=\"{alf:social type=fontawesome-v5}\"<\/li>\n
- New dynamic output functon added for showing the user's latest post date. Example: after_title=\"{alf:latest_post_date}\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.2 ( December 25th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Issue with amount of authors shown (when specifically defined) conflicting with other parameters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.1 ( December 23rd, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- The \"orderby\" parameter now accepts the value \"all_post_count\" which orders by the count of all post types set in the \"post_types\" parameter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.0 ( October 27th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Parameter \"count_text\" now supports zero, singular and plural options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.9 ( October 17th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- New parameter \"count_text\" that allows changing the text shown for \"show_count\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.8 ( September 30th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Alt attribute added to avatar image<\/li>\n
- New parameter \"avatar_meta_key\" that allows getting the image URL from user meta instead of using Gravatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.7 ( September 12th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- New parameter \"title_element\" that allows changing the div that wraps the author's name\/title to an h2, h3, h4... (title_element=\"h2\")<\/li>\n
- New dynamic output functon added for showing the user's role (after_title=\"{alf:role}\")<\/li>\n
- New dynamic output function added for showing a link to post archive, bbpress profile or buddypress profile (after_title=\"{alf:link to=archive}\")<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.6 ( July 20th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- alf:social now shows the personal website URL as well<\/li>\n
- New parameter \"minimum_posts_count\" added to limit the authors shown to only those that have at least that amount of posts<\/li>\n
- New parameter \"bp_member_types\" that allows showing only specific BuddyPress member types<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.5 ( July 2nd, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- The \"orderby\" parameter now accepts the value \"comment_count\" which order by the comment count what posts made by that author received<\/li>\n
- The \"link_to\" parameter now accepts linking to buddypress profile (link_to=\"buddypress_profile\")<\/li>\n
- The \"link_to\" parameter now accepts linking to custom meta (link_to=\"meta\" link_to_meta_key=\"meta_key\")<\/li>\n
- New dynamic output function added for showing follow\/unfollow button from BuddyPress Followers plugin (after_title=\"{alf:buddypress_follow\"})<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.4 ( June 12th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- The \"orderby\" parameter now accepts the value \"rand\" to have a random order<\/li>\n
- New parameter \"link_to\" added to allow linking to bbPress profile ( link_to=\"bbpress_profile\" )<\/li>\n
- New parameter \"pagination\" added, set to \"yes\" to enable pagination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.3 ( May 30th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- New shortcode attribute to allow only showing authors by the first letter (or more letters) of their display name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.2 ( April 21st, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- New shortcode attributes to allow including only authors with posts in specific taxonomy and terms<\/li>\n
- New orderby attribute value \"post_date\" to order authors by the date of their latest post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.1 ( April 6th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Fix for skip_empty option<\/li>\n
- Added link for \"submit support request\" in the plugin action links<\/li>\n
- Bump up WordPress compatibility to 5.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.0 ( March 18th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to include only authors who have posts in specific categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.9 ( February 12th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Improvements for output of dynamic user\/author meta fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.8 ( January 28th, 2020 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Links to social profiles for authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.7 (January 14, 2020)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Load CSS only on pages where the shortcode is used<\/li>\n
- Option to set to show only authors of specific post types<\/li>\n
- Option for a vertical direction column layout (like a newspaper layout)<\/li>\n
- Option to show only authors that have posts published today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.6 (December 16, 2019)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to limit visibility by author's post date<\/li>\n
- Option to order by first name<\/li>\n
- Option to order by last name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.5 (December 2, 2019)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to include specific users by ID<\/li>\n
- Option to include specific user roles<\/li>\n
- Option to set posts list to be plain ( divs ) instead of unordered list items<\/li>\n
- Compatibility with custom avatar plugins<\/li>\n
- Responsive fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.4 (November 23, 2019 )<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to exclude specific users\/authors<\/li>\n
- Ability to display posts of the specific author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.3 (November 12th, 2019)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Option to include all users, not just authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.2 (October 30th, 2019)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Added biography words trim option<\/li>\n
- Added ability to add custom content before\/after each element<\/li>\n
- Added ability to display custom field values<\/li>\n
- Added option to also show authors that do not have any posts<\/li>\n
- Fixed issue where some authors are not shown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.1 (October 21st, 2019)<\/h4>\n\n
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- Added plugin URI (for \"view details\" link in the WordPress admin)<\/li>\n
- Options to change the authors order<\/li>\n
- Fixed issue with layout if images not the same height<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
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- Initial Release<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Use a shortcode to display a list or grid of post authors (or any other user role) and links to their post archives page.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/100416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100416"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/wpkube"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=100416"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=100416"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=100416"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=100416"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=100416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}