Author Box

Displays a card with the post author's avatar, bio, and social links below every post.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  [Avatar]  Written by                           │
│            Iosif Chimilevschi                   │
│            Full-stack developer and founder … │
│            X  Facebook  LinkedIn  Website       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The box only appears when the author has a bio set on their profile. Social links are optional - only configured networks are shown.

Requirements

• Contensio 2.0 or later

Installation

Composer

composer require contensio/plugin-author-box

Manual

Copy the plugin directory and register the service provider via the admin plugin manager.

No migrations required - social links are stored in the core user_meta table.

How it works

Frontend

Hooks into contensio/frontend/post-after-content at priority 5 (renders before share buttons at 10):

Hook::add('contensio/frontend/post-after-content', function (Content $content, ContentTranslation $translation): string {
    $author = $content->author;
    if (! $author || ! $author->bio) return '';

    $socialLinks = AuthorProfile::socialLinks($author->id);
    return view('author-box::partials.author-box', compact('author', 'socialLinks'))->render();
}, 5);

The box is hidden if the post has no author or the author has no bio.

Admin - social links form

Hooks into contensio/admin/profile-sections to append a "Social links" form card to every user's profile page (/account/profile).

Social links are saved to user_meta with keys prefixed author_box_ (e.g. author_box_x_url).

Avatar

The plugin uses the author's avatar_path (uploaded via Admin > My Profile). If no avatar is uploaded, a coloured square with the author's initial is shown - matching the admin panel style.

Supported networks

Fields are URL-validated on save. Empty fields are not displayed.

Customising the layout

Override the Blade view in your theme:

resources/views/vendor/author-box/partials/author-box.blade.php

Available variables: $author (User model), $socialLinks (array with keys x_url, facebook_url, linkedin_url, instagram_url, website_url).

Hook reference