I have been working on making a plugin for WordPress users, that would add an Author bio box to the bottom of posts. I know there’s other plugins that do this already out there, but I don’t think any of them add a Twitter field to your profile page.

What my plugin does is it utilizes your information from the WP dashboard on your profile. It makes better use of the fields by removing the Yahoo IM one and adding a Twitter field. Then it will pull the information from that and the URL and Bio of the post author, as well as display the Gravatar of the author by getting the authors email address. Then it adds a nice box in between the post and the comments.

I am extremely excited about this. I never thought I would ever be able to complete it, and get it working. I managed to create the functions and simulate it over at New2WP, but getting it to work in a plugin has been a bit more work. I am still working on cleaning it up and adding the finishing touches, and then I will submit it to WordPress.

You can see an example of it below, I am currently using it on this site, and I’d love to know what you think!

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