=== WP Post Author ===
Contributors: afthemes
Tags: wp post author, author social icons, author profile fields, posts, author bio, post author box
Requires at least: 3.0.1
Tested up to: 5.5
Stable tag: 2.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

WP Post Author – Post author box | Author social icons | Author bio - Widgets and Shortcodes


== Description ==
# WP Post Author
The "Post author box" plugin displays author avatar, name, role/designation, social contact icons, etc  along with author short bio under post content. It has 3 different widgets for post's author, selective author by id and custom author. It also provides shortcodes for the author profile.


### The Plugin Features:
## Post author box
* ** WP Post Author box for single post or/and single author page**
The main module of the author box has Section Title option, it's content alignment, i.e left/right/center and your profile image shapes. The plugin also adds number of social contacts custom fields. It fetches the data from default WordPress's user profile dashboard.

## Widgets
* ** WP Post Author for single post and single author page**
The widget module of the author box has Section Title option, it's content alignment, i.e left/right/center and your profile image shapes. The plugin also adds number of social contacts custom fields. It fetches the data from default WordPress's user profile dashboard.
* WP Posts Author Widget.
It reads the post's author data from their WordPress profile dashboard.
* WP Posts Author (Specific) Widget.
You can enter the specific user id to read the selected author data from their WordPress profile dashboard.
* WP Posts Author (Custom) Widget.
The widgets have number of custom fields like Section Title, Name, Image Upload, Biography along with social links inputs to make custom author box.

## Shortcodes
* **[wp-post-author]**
* title - Any text string.
* align - left, right or center.
* image-layout - square or round.
* show-role - true or false.
* show-email - true or false.

## Social and links options
* Facebook - Display if available (Custom User Field).
* Instagram - Display if available (Custom User Field).
* YouTube - Display if available (Custom User Field).
* Twitter - Display if available (Custom User Field).
* LinkedIn - Display if available (Custom User Field).
* Email - Display if available.
* Website - Display if available.

== Installation ==
* Download to your plugin directory or simply install via WordPress admin interface.
* Activate.
* WP Post Author widget will be available for WordPress admin widget page.
* Shortcode [wp-post-author] will be workable.
* If configuration instructions needed, go to WP Post Author admin menu and follow the methods.

== Screenshots ==

1. Widget - Alignment: Center - Image layout : Round
2. Widget - Alignment: Left - Image layout : Square
3. Widget - Alignment: Right - Image layout : Square
4. Shortcode - align="center" - image-layout="round"
5. Shortcode - align="left" - image-layout="square"
6. Shortcode - align="right" - image-layout="square"
7. WP Post Author - Admin - Widget
8. WP Post Author - Admin Setting- Widget
9. WP Post Author - Admin Setting - Shortcode
10. WP Post Author - Admin Setting - Custom css area


== License ==

GPLv2 or later
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the [GNU General Public License][] as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License for more details.