An author box allows your readers easily identify the author of  a certain post. Creating an author box is easy, it is even easier for you guys because I am supplying the codes right here! First we are going to FTP into our website. Head over to wp-content, then themes, then your current theme, and download single.php. Single.php is the file which contains all the info for a single post. Once we have downloaded the file open it up and get ready to post the code in a spot of your choosing. I recommend putting it underneath the content. Copy and paste the code below into your single.php file. Once your are done save a overwrite the current file on your blog.

PHP

<div id=”authorbox”> <?php if (function_exists(‘get_avatar’)) { echo get_avatar(get_the_author_meta(‘user_email’), ’80′); }?> <div> <h4>About the Author: <a href=”<?php the_author_meta(‘user_url’); ?>”><?php the_author_meta(‘display_name’); ?></a></h4> <p><?php the_author_meta(‘description’); ?></p> </div> </div>

Now that we have uploaded the single.php file to your blog we are going to download the css to make the author box look nice. The php gets all the info while the css styles and creates the box. Download your style.css file and paste the following code towards the bottom, this keeps everything in order. Now that you have pasted everything you can edit the code. I doubt you are going to want the yellow background like I have, unless you have a yellow theme of course. After editing; save and overwrite the current file on your blog.

CSS

#authorbox{ background:#ffeda9; border:1px solid #CECFD0; margin:0 auto; margin-bottom:10px; overflow:hidden; } #authorbox h4{ font-size:16px; color:#191919; margin:0; padding:10px 10px 5px 10px; } .authortext{ padding-left:100px; } #authorbox img{ border:10px solid #ffeda9; margin:0px 10px 5px 0; padding:2px; float:left; } #authorbox p{ color:#191919; margin:0; padding:0px 10px 10px 10px; } #authorbox h4 > a{ text-decoration:none; } #authorbox p{ color:#191919; }

Thats it! Just clear your caches and look at your nice new author box! I hope you guys enjoyed this post and if I helped you out please consider Donating to help keep my blog alive!