Do you want to run a WordPress blog with a number of authors other than just yourself? I definitely need to grab some of these plugins, and try them out for myself, and this blog as well. I would love to give each author a page of their own that they can customise, as well as a very brief biography at the end of each of their posts. Since introducing our two new bloggers, I haven't implemented any of the proposals that I said I would. However, I plan to do that, and test out a few plugins along the way.
A multi-author blog isn't as simple as setting up a blog, creating author accounts, and then let bloggers free on the website as I thought it was. It requires more careful attention.
Multi-Author Plugins
We have included a list of some of the plugins that could be used on a blog with multiple authors. There are a number of sites which use these plugins, and I will be sure to check them out.
- Author Exposed - Adds a full featured display of the authors profile.
- Role Manager Plugin - Allows you to control what the various WordPress user roles can and cannot do.
- Author Advertising - Plugin that allows you to share Google AdSense income or other advertising between multiple authors.
- Blog Metrics - Collects blog metrics based upon the author of the posts.
- List Authors Widget - Displays a list of authors in your widgets panel linking to the authors.php page.
- Multiple Authors - Allows multiple authors to be listed for an individual WordPress post, automatically keeping track of who has edited the entry.
As well as using plugins, wordpress bloggers can hack into the main WordPress code and change the way author details are posted.
Multiple Author Hacks
Here are a few WordPress hacks that I have stumbled across at the WPHacks website. They help you hack your WordPress theme to be more multi-author friendly:
- How to Add an Author Page to Your Theme
- How to Change the Author Archives Permalink
- How to Single Out Author Comments
- How to Link Author’s Gravatars to Their Posts
- How to Add Bio Information to Your Posts
- How to Point Author Links to the Authors Website
- How to Create a Maximum Size for Your Images
- How to Use Multiple Stylesheets
I'm sure there are more WordPress plugins or WordPress hacks which I haven't listed above. Since I am almost positive that there are more plugins than I have included, please leave a comment sharing the ones that you have found or used, and we will update the post!
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