Blog Author Card: Display Author Photo, Improved Layout, and Styling Controls
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Christian Locke
At the end of blog posts, the author card is extremely limited and does not reliably display the uploaded author photo. When it does render, the layout feels unfinished and lacks basic structure.
Requested improvements:
Always display the uploaded author photo instead of a generic placeholder.
Place the author photo on the left.
Wrap the author description text to the right of the photo.
Display social profile links beneath the description.
Ensure consistent rendering across all blog posts using the same author.
Allow basic layout and styling control for the author card so it aligns with brand design.
This impacts credibility, E-E-A-T signals, and overall blog polish, especially for professional brands where authorship and visual presence matter.
I’ve included a simple visual mockup showing the intended layout compared to the current implementation.
P.S. I also shared this feedback in a related thread around blog header, footer, domain, and SEO settings for additional context and visibility:
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Sales & Marketing
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Allow users more control of author bio on blog posts
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Jeff Armstrong
Users would like to be able to change the color of the link of their name in the author bio on blog posts.
Also, other features would be nice like being able to change the size of the author image as well as where the link for their name goes to when clicked.
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Sales & Marketing
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Fully Customizable Author Bio and Category Pages
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Maximilian Loose
Currently, when clicking on a category or author, it will open their respective overview pages. Let us edit what these pages look like and adapt the urls. Especially the author page, make it a plain website builder page, so we can design it as we wish
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Sales & Marketing
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