Cite This Article ~ Author Box

An author box is a section of a WordPress post or article that identifies the person or people who wrote it. It commonly includes an author name, author bio, profile image, and other author information. Cite This Article adds those author-box features while also providing an optional reader-facing article citation.

Yes. Cite This Article can be used as a WordPress author bio box with the author's name, biography, and profile image. The citation functionality is an additional reader-facing feature.

Yes. Multiple authors are supported natively. Authors can be entered manually or resolved automatically from WordPress or a supported author integration.

Yes. Set Author layout to Individual. The plugin creates one author card for each resolved author while keeping one shared "Cite this article" panel for the complete article.

Yes. Set Author layout to Combined to display all resolved authors together in a single author box.

Yes. Individual author cards can use each author's profile biography automatically, and manual description overrides are also available.

Yes. Multiple authors can be entered manually in the Gutenberg block or passed to [author_box] using the authors attribute. [author_box authors="Jane Doe|John Smith|Alex Lee"]

Yes. If no manual authors or supported integration authors are available, the plugin automatically uses the standard WordPress post author.

Yes. Co-Authors Plus is currently a supported integration, including multiple assigned authors, guest authors, guest-author avatars, and guest-author descriptions.

Nothing special is required. Cite This Article works independently and falls back to the standard WordPress post author when no other author source is available.

Yes. You can override the displayed author description manually without changing the author's WordPress profile biography.

Yes. Set the image mode to None in the block or use: [author_box image_mode="none"]

Yes. Use the Square avatar shape in the block or: [author_box avatar_shape="square"]

Yes. Use Individual author layout: [author_box author_layout="individual" image_mode="individual"]

No. Visual author-box fields and citation-author resolution are separate. Changing the visible author name or bio does not replace the article's citation authors.

Yes. Use the [author_box] shortcode anywhere WordPress shortcodes are supported.

Yes. The citation toggle uses aria-expanded and aria-controls, the copy button includes an accessible label, and the author box is marked as a complementary region.

No. Front-end CSS and JavaScript are registered globally but enqueued only when an author box is rendered.

Start with the Cite This Article documentation. Additional guides:

• Multiple Authors
• Layout & Styling