Authors Widget

The Authors widget lets you showcase the names and avatar of your site’s authors in any widget area.

Activating and Setting Up The Authors Widget

1. To use this widget, you’ll first need to activate the Extra Sidebar Widgets feature.
2. Navigate to Appearance → Customize → Widgets.
3. Search for the Authors (Jetpack) widget and click to add it.
4. Once you add the widget, you’ll find several customization options:
   • Title: Add an optional title for the widget.
   • Display all authors: If you have more than one Author on the site, you can select this option to display all of them.
   • Number of posts to show for each author: Display up to 10 posts by each Author.
   • Avatar size: Choose the size you would like Author avatars to display. You can also choose to have no avatars visible, if you prefer.
   • Visibility: If you don’t see the Visibility option in the widget, you’ll need to enable Widget Visibility.