The Author List Widget allows you to easily display a list of post authors and links to their post archives page using the Elementor Author List Widget. You can decide which user roles to show and which user roles to exclude from your author list using the settings.
Let’s look at each of the options in the “Author List Widget” below.
Install Author List Widget for Elementor
This widget requires Unlimited Elements PRO version installed and activated on your WordPress website.
- Go to Unlimited Elements Widget Library
- Search in the search bar for “Author List”
- Hover over the widget in the search results and click install
- Add your “Author List” widget to any Elementor Page
General Settings
Number of Columns
Set the number columns to display in a row.
Grid Gap
Set the gap between list items.
Select User By
Select the user by choosing following options:
- Custom Query
- Manual Selection
Select Roles
Select any of the roles you want to include. you can leave this field empty for all the roles.
Exclude Roles
Select any role to exclude.
Exclude By Specific Users
You can exclude roles of any specific user.
Max Number of Users
Set the maximum number of users to display.
Order By
Set the order of author list by choosing any of the following options:
- Default
- User ID
- Display Name
- Username
- User Login
- User URL
- Registered Date
- Number of Posts
Order Direction
Set the order direction.
- Default
- Descending
- Ascending
Additional Meta Data Keys
Show the additional meta data by entering meta keys.
Content Layout Settings
Show Avatar
Show/Hide the avatar element.
Show Name
Show/Hide the name.
Show Username
Show/Hide username.
Show Role
Show/Hide the role.
Show Email
Show/Hide the email.
Show Description
Show/Hide the description.
Show Number of Posts
Show/Hide the number of posts.
Number of Posts Settings
Num Posts Before
Add number of word before number.
Num Posts After
Add number of word after number.
Avatar Settings
Custom Avatar
Set the custom avatar.
Avatar Image
Choose the avatar image.
Author List Widget Styling
Every aspect of the widget’s design can be controlled through different styling options. Choose colors that complement the style of your website. You can modify the text, icons, fonts, and layout to make the widget look and work the way you want.
Item Styling
Set the item background, border, padding, radius, margin, alignment, and vertical alignment.
BG Alternating Colors Styling
You can style the force alternating, background one and background two colors.
Avatar Styling
You can set the avatar vertical alignment, size, spacing, radius, and border.
Name Styling
In this section, set the name color, typography, and text shadow.
Details Styling
You can style the color, typography, spacing, and text shadow of details element.
Number of Posts Styling
This section lets you set the typography, color, margin, padding, background, border, and vertical alignment of number of posts element.
Usage Examples
Here are some live use cases for the Author List widget.
