Now that I’m getting a few fellow WordPressers contributing to this site, it’s only fair that I let them bask in their glory but displaying their BIO information on the page.

Instead of me re writing what is already there… Here is the link to the site I found this on.

http://outthinkgroup.com/2009/01/16/wordpress-tip-how-to-add-author-biography-information-to-your-posts/

I’m just about to implement this myself…

Ok that wasn’t too painful at all.

Basically you can copy the CSS on the site and paste that in your themes Style Sheet. Although it is a good idea to check that the class for .author_bio doesn’t already exist.  It’s a good habit to check these things – never assume.

Next, take the snippet of HTML with the WP tags and paste that into your single.php file. The site clearly explains where to put it.

If you get stuck – ask in the comments.

Now I have to go and update my BIO so it shows something useful.

Added check!

This is where we could add in something to make this a little more useful. That being the case where the author doesn’t have a BIO entry.  It’s probably best to show nothing or put in some witty comment to help remind them they had best put something in there. But that’ll happen later when I get a moment. For now it’s on my todo list.