Title: Simple Author Widget Author: M A Vinoth Kumar Published: January 9, 2014 Last modified: August 21, 2015 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-author-widget/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=835210) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simple-author-widget_5dd5ad.svg) # Simple Author Widget By [M A Vinoth Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-author-widget.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/) ## Description Easy way to display the Author profile with four social networking profiles using widget. Through this plugin, * Use can able to add four social networking profiles. * Admin can able to the Author profile in Sidebar or Footer using widgets. * Author can able to add their four networking profiles like Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin to their profile. * Admin can able to customize the title for the widget. * If the email id has been registered in gravatar, then the gravatar image will be displayed. * Total number of post and comments will be displayed. For More information : http://buffercode.com/simple-author-widget-wordpress-plugin/ v 1.1 * Supports WordPress 4.3 v 1.0 * Public release ## Screenshots * [[ * Simple Author Output Screen * [[ * Widget Selection * [[ * Social networking profile page ## Installation 1. Upload the “simple-author-widget” directory to the plugins directory. 2. Go to the users –> your profile –> Simple Author Widget Profile Information. Fill your social networking details. 3. Go to Appearance –> Widget –> Drag Simple Author Widget to appropriate location 4. Choose the custom title for the widget For More information : http://buffercode.com/simple-author-widget-wordpress-plugin/ ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a7db27b9124aeb4a64fa9202d7da365b211d54d11dc31da3596b3e6975888b2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Author Info in Widget – Damn Cool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-info-in-widget-damn-cool/)󠁿 [claradev7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claradev7/) February 7, 2017 Hi, Usually I have seen many plugin with footer of post but rare to see in widget. This plugin break that provide through widgets. Cool. Suggestions: 1. If possible link the total post numbers to see all post 2. Try to add last recent post and comment, if possible 🙂 3. On hover author description. Other than that.. really awesome… [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Author Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ M A Vinoth Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/) * [ buffercode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buffercode/) [Translate “Simple Author Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-author-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-author-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-author-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-author-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-author-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1 * Supports 4.3 #### 1.0 * Public release ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.3.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/) * Tags * [category based post](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-based-post/) [category widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-widget/)[post title](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-title/) [post-category](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-category/)[widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ M A Vinoth Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/) * [ buffercode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buffercode/) ## Support Got something to say? 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