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Authors Page

The authors page gives each of your writers a block of their own: their name, their bio, and their six latest posts. Readers can see who writes for you and what each of them published last.

Setup Instructions#

  1. Go to Pages → New page
  2. Enter a page title, for example The newsroom
  3. Open Page settings and change Page URL to authors
  4. Optionally add a description in the Excerpt field
  5. Click Publish

The page title and excerpt are only displayed when Show title and feature image is enabled in Page settings. The feature image is not shown, and anything you write in the page body is not shown either. The author blocks fill the page on their own.

What Each Block Shows#

PartWhere it comes from
HeadingThe author's Full name
Line under itThe author's Bio
View AllA link to the author's archive
CardsThe author's six latest posts, newest first

An author with no published posts is skipped.

Choosing the Authors#

By default the page shows the 12 authors with the most posts. To change which authors appear and in what order:

  1. Navigate to ⛭ Settings → Design
  2. Click Customize
  3. Open the Theme tab
  4. In the Site-wide group, find Page authors filter
  5. Enter a filter, for example popular:30, a-z or maren,kenji
  6. Click Save

See Filters for the full syntax.

Managing Authors#

To add an author:

  1. Navigate to ⛭ Settings → Staff
  2. Click Invite people
  3. Enter their email address and select a role
  4. Click Send invitation

Once they accept and publish a post, they appear on the authors page.

Author Profiles#

Each author fills in their own profile:

  1. Click your profile picture → Your profile
  2. Write a bio in the Bio field, which appears under the name on this page
  3. Add a profile picture and social links, which appear on the author's archive
  4. Click Save