Adding an author box to your WordPress posts is a simple yet effective way of increasing the legitimacy and appeal of your blog. Although WordPress lets you add an author’s name and bio to user profiles, some themes provide limited – if any – options for customizing and displaying the author box on posts. This is why we recommend using a WordPress author box plugin.
In this post, we’ll start by discussing the benefits of having an author box on your WordPress blog and provide you with three of the best plugins to consider. Then we’ll walk you through the process of setting one up and using it to create an author box for a WordPress blog.