AIOSEO Documentation

Documentation, Reference Materials, and Tutorials for AIOSEO

Displaying Detailed Author Information on Your Site

Did you know that you can display detailed information about your content authors on your site using All in One SEO?

All in One SEO includes a set of WordPress blocks which you can use in the WordPress Block Editor to display author information anywhere on the page.

The author information added using these blocks comes from the Author SEO (E-E-A-T) feature in All in One SEO. You can find full details of how to use this feature in our Adding Author SEO (E-E-A-T) to Your Site article here.

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Displaying the Author Excerpt

To display the Author Excerpt on a post, edit any post or other content using the default WordPress Block Editor and click the Add Block icon.

You can search for the block by typing AIOSEO in the search field.

Add Block popup on the Edit Post screen showing the AIOSEO - Author Bio block

You’ll see the AIOSEO – Author Bio block in the search results. Click on it to add it to your post.

The block will be added to your post and the sidebar will show the Block Settings.

AIOSEO – Author Bio block shown on the Edit Post screen with the Block Settings in the right-hand sidebar

You’ll see the full author excerpt taken from the Author Excerpt field on the Author SEO tab in the user’s profile.

You can click on the Show Compact Author Bio toggle in the Block Settings to change this block from displaying the Author Excerpt to displaying the full Author Bio.

Displaying the Author Biography

To display the full Author Bio on a post, follow the same steps as described above for the Author Excerpt but click the Show Compact Author Bio toggle in the Block Settings to disable the compact bio.

AIOSEO – Author Bio block showing the full author bio on the Edit Post screen with the Block Settings in the right-hand sidebar

You’ll see the full author bio taken from the Author Bio field on the Author SEO tab in the user’s profile.

Using the AIOSEO – Author Name Block

The AIOSEO – Author Name block will display the author’s name and image, and when you hover over the name, a popup with the Author Excerpt will be shown as seen below:

Author Name shown with a popup displaying the author excerpt

When a visitor clicks on the See Full Bio link in the popup, they’ll be taken to the author archives.

To use this block, edit any post or other content using the default WordPress Block Editor and click the Add Block icon.

You can search for the block by typing AIOSEO in the search field.

Add Block popup on the Edit Post screen showing the AIOSEO - Author Bio block

You’ll see the AIOSEO – Author Name block in the search results. Click on it to add it to your post.

The block will be added to your post and the sidebar will show the Block Settings.

AIOSEO – Author Name block shown on the Edit Post screen with the Block Settings in the right-hand sidebar

There are settings for the following:

  • Show Label: Choose whether to show the “Written By:” label or not.
  • Show Image: Choose whether to show the author image or not.
  • Show Tooltip: Choose whether to display the popup when someone hovers over the name or not.

Using AIOSEO – Reviewer Name Block

The second of these additional blocks is the AIOSEO – Reviewer Name block.

This block looks and behaves the same as the Author Name block, except that it uses a Reviewer that you can set for each post.

Setting the Reviewer

To set the Reviewer, edit any post and in the sidebar you’ll see a Reviewer drop-down shown below:

Reviewer drop-down shown in the sidebar of the Edit Post screen

You can click on the Reviewer drop-down to select a user who has reviewed the content of this post.

The AIOSEO – Reviewer Name block can now be used to display the reviewer’s name and image, and when you hover over the name, a popup with the Author Excerpt for the reviewer will be shown as seen below:

Reviewed By shown with a popup displaying the author excerpt

When a visitor clicks on the See Full Bio link in the popup, they’ll be taken to the author archives for the reviewer.

To use this block, edit any post or other content using the default WordPress Block Editor and click the Add Block icon.

Add Block popup on the Edit Post screen showing the AIOSEO - Author Bio block

You can search for the block by typing AIOSEO in the search field.

Click on Browse all to see the AIOSEO – Reviewer Name block in the search results. Click on it to add it to your post.

The block will be added to your post and the sidebar will show the Block Settings.

AIOSEO – Reviewer Name block shown on the Edit Post screen with the Block Settings in the right-hand sidebar

There are settings for the following:

  • Show Label: Choose whether to show the “Reviewed By:” label or not.
  • Show Image: Choose whether to show the reviewer’s image or not.
  • Show Tooltip: Choose whether to display the popup when someone hovers over the name or not.

Alternative Methods of Displaying Author Information on Your Site

If you don’t use the WordPress Block editor then you can use shortcodes to display author information on your site here.