Author Spotlight (Widget)

Version: 3.4

Version : 3.4

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A Sidebar widget to display the Author(s) profile on any Page or Post along with Social web links.

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Author Spotlight widget displays the profile of the author(s) with Social links (example: Twitter, Facebook) and his/her profile picture or Gravatar on any post or page that has an Author. The widget automatically detects the current author(s) of the displayed post or page; just drag and drop the widget on your sidebar and you are done. To display a custom photograph with the Author’s Profile you may install the User Photo. In absence of this plugin the widget will fall-back to displaying the Gravatar associated with the user. If your posts have multiple authors you may use the Co-Authors Plus, the Author Spotlight will then display all the author profiles one below another for such post/page. Note that installing the User Photo or Co-Author plugin is purely optional, this widget will work fine without them as well. If you face any issues with the plugin or have any suggestion/feature requests please do so at the support forum.

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About Author Spotlight (Widget)

Description

Author Spotlight widget displays the profile of the author(s) with Social links (example: Twitter, Facebook) and his/her profile picture or Gravatar on any post or page that has an Author. The widget automatically detects the current author(s) of the displayed post or page; just drag and drop the widget on your sidebar and you are done. To display a custom....

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Performance

Memory Usage

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Speed Test Benchmark

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Average Change
- 0.03s
/(front page)
- 0.15s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
- 0.01s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
- 0.08s
/wp-admin/edit.php
- 0.06s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.08s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 0.04s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
- 0.04s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 0.04s
/wp-admin/upload.php
- 0.1s

Memory Usage Memory Usage Benchmark

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  • After plugin activation

Pages

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- 4.89KB
/ (front page)
- 7.57KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 1.05KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 1.26KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 1.19KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 1.19KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 1.15KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 1.19KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 10.55KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 2.04KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 1.19KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 1.13KB

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Errors

PHP Compatibility Issue

  • The plugin has not been properly activated on PHP 7.2.16. It may not work.

WordPress Compatibility Issue

  • The plugin may not be fully compatible with WordPress 5.2.4.

Frequently Updated

  • The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.

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Error Log

We found the following errors while activating the plugin. Read more how WP Hive generates this data.

  • [17-Oct-2019 21:08:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/author-profile/author-profile.php on line 15
  • [17-Oct-2019 21:08:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/author-profile/author-profile.php on line 15
  • [17-Oct-2019 21:08:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/author-profile/author-profile.php on line 15

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