With Author Info box for Elementor you can produce a section where you can display information about the author of the current post.
This informations are dynamic and automatically includes the data stored in the user profiles relating to the post displayed.
Prerequisite before using this component
This component only uses the data saved in the profile of each user.
The author’s photo is retrieved from the avatar management service or the default gravatar.
Social media links are not included in a standard user profile. However, you can add them by following the guidelines defined in this document.
Create new Elementor template section
In order to reuse, deploy and display widget content, you need to create a new template section with Elementor.
In the dashboard select Templates and Add New button.
Select Section for the type of template and give it a name then Create Template.
Of course you can create it directly in a post but you lose some of the facilities that the widget offers.
Using the component Author Info box
The plugin Elementor is installed and active.
The plugin EAC components is installed and active.
From the settings panel (EAC advanced tab) you have to drag & drop the Author Info box icon on the panel preview.
Select general settings and choose the content to display
Select the Name and Role level.
You can choose between four Skins for rendering.
Container width and alignment
Choose the elements that will be displayed.
The button Consult archives retrieve the post archives of the user.
Select social medias and embed the model
To choose the social networks, click on the wrench icon then the entry Author social media
The Embedding section will allow you to activate the deployment of the content of the widget. Where do you want it displayed.
First you have to activate Enable embedding toggle.
Select the Post type,
in the field Key you can select a list of posts, relative to the Post type, in which the content of the section will be displayed.
If you leave the Key field empty the content will be displayed in all posts of the post type, determine content position.
Apply styles to elements
You can select one of eight styles which will be applied to the card and choose the main color.
Nothing particular for the other sections with which you will define the size and the color of the elements.
The Avatar section allows you to switch the Avatar between round or square shape.
