Fancy Author Box WordPress Plugin – Features & Review | WPWizzy

Author box plugins output CSS that may conflict with theme stylesheets. Use browser developer tools to inspect the author box elements and identify which CSS rules are overriding the plugin styles. Add targeted CSS overrides in Appearance, then Customise, then Additional CSS to bring the author box in line with your theme. If the plugin supports custom CSS input in its settings, use that field to keep style overrides within the plugin context.

Check the Fancy Author Box settings for display control options. Most author box plugins allow specifying which post types or page types the box should appear on. If the plugin shows on all content by default, disable it for post types where it is not relevant. If the plugin does not have granular display controls, use the plugin’s conditional logic options or a child theme hook to prevent the box from rendering on specific page types.

Fancy Author Box typically adds custom social link fields to the WordPress user profile screen. Go to Users, then the relevant user profile, and scroll down to the social links section added by the plugin. Fill in the social profile URLs and save the profile. If the fields are not visible on the profile screen, verify the plugin is active. Some user profile plugins or role restrictions can hide additional profile fields added by other plugins.

Go to the Fancy Author Box settings in the WordPress admin. Select a base style that is closest to your design requirements. Then use the colour options within the plugin settings to adjust background colour, text colour, and accent colour to match your brand. For further adjustments beyond what the settings allow, add custom CSS targeting the author box classes in Appearance, then Customise, then Additional CSS.

By default, author boxes inject after the post content. To place the author box before the content, use the shortcode if the plugin provides one and add it to the post template before the_content output. Alternatively, use a WordPress hook to inject the author box before content by outputting it on the the_content filter at a position before the main content block. This requires adding a small snippet to your child theme functions.php.

No. If your theme includes a well-designed author bio section, adding Fancy Author Box creates a duplicate. Check your theme settings first — most premium themes have an option to enable or disable the built-in author bio. Only install an author box plugin if your theme does not include one or if the theme version does not meet your design or functionality needs.

Both plugins add an author bio section after posts with social links and styling options. Simple Author Box is the more widely installed option with a larger user base and more community testing. Fancy Author Box offers similar features with slightly different style options. Neither has a significant functional advantage over the other. The choice often comes down to which visual styles are closer to your design target.

Check the specific plugin version for schema support — not all author box plugins include Person schema markup. If schema is not included, you can add author schema manually or through your SEO plugin. Rank Math and Yoast SEO both output author schema as part of their article schema, which may be sufficient without needing the author box plugin to add schema separately.

Author boxes on product pages are unusual and generally not recommended since products are not authored content in the same way blog posts are. If you specifically need to show author information on product pages, configure the plugin to include the product post type in its display settings. Most setups limit author boxes to posts and custom editorial content types.