Author box block and shortcode

The Author box shows readers who wrote a post: the author's photo, name, job title, bio and profile links, and, if you set one, who reviewed the post and when. It uses the same author profile that RankFlect SEO adds to your schema, so what visitors read matches what search engines read.

The Author box is free. You can add it as a block or with the [rankflect_author_box] shortcode.

Add the block

1. In the block editor, click + and search for "Author box".
2. Insert Author box (RankFlect SEO), for example at the end of the post.
3. In the block settings on the right, under Author, choose what to show.

Setting	Default	What it does
Show	Post author	Whose box to show: the post's author, or any user you pick from the list.
Avatar	On	The user's profile photo (their Gravatar or avatar).
Profile links	On	The URLs from Profiles in the author profile, labelled with their domain, such as linkedin.com.
"Reviewed by" line	On	"Set the reviewer and date in the RankFlect SEO panel, Advanced tab."

The preview in the editor shows the real box. Job title, bio and links come from Users → Profile → RankFlect SEO author profile, so fill that in first. See Author profiles and E-E-A-T schema.

To show a box on every post, add the block to your theme's single post template in the Site Editor.

What the box shows

• The avatar, at 72 pixels.
• The name, linked to the author's posts. If the user has no published posts, it links to the website on their profile, or is not linked.
• The Job title.
• The Short bio, or the user's Biographical Info when the short bio is empty.
• The profile links.
• The review line, when the post has one: "Reviewed by Maya Rahman on November 1, 2026". With only a reviewer it says "Reviewed by Maya Rahman", and with only a date "Last reviewed on November 1, 2026". The date uses your WordPress date format.

Parts that are empty are left out. If the user does not exist, nothing is shown.

Use the shortcode

[rankflect_author_box]

Without attributes, it shows the box for the author of the current post, with every part turned on.

Attribute	Default	What it does
user	(empty: the post author)	A user ID or a username, for example user="12" or user="maya".
avatar	yes	no hides the photo.
links	yes	no hides the profile links.
reviewed	yes	no hides the "Reviewed by" line.

For example, to show an editor's box without the photo:

[rankflect_author_box user="maya" avatar="no"]

no, 0, false and off all turn a part off.

Styling

The box has no JavaScript. A small stylesheet (a light border, a round avatar and spacing) is added only to pages that show a box, so other pages load nothing extra. Style it in your theme with these classes:

Class	Element
.rankflect-author-box	The whole box
.rankflect-author-box__avatar	The photo
.rankflect-author-box__name	The name
.rankflect-author-box__title	The job title
.rankflect-author-box__bio	The bio
.rankflect-author-box__links	The list of profile links
.rankflect-author-box__reviewed	The "Reviewed by" line

FAQ

Does the Author box add schema?

No. The schema comes from the author profile and the Reviewed by fields, whether or not you show a box. The box shows the same details to visitors.

My theme already shows an author bio. Do I need this?

Not if your theme's bio is enough. The Author box is useful when you want the job title, profile links or the reviewer to be visible, or when your theme has no author bio.

Why is the box empty in the editor?

The post has no author yet, or the user you picked was removed. Save the post or pick another user under Show.