Add Official Author Box Widget in Blogger Blog

Author box helps us to know more about the write of the blog or blog post. Over the couple of years, using the Author Box widgets for Blogspot blogs have become an important requirement. In fact, it’s not only just meant for publicizing the information but also to make aware the visitor that who is the person behind the blog post. With WordPress plugins you can do the task easily but for Blogger/Blogspot we have to do it manually.

But now, Blogger has added some new features. They have gave the option to add author box widget below every post in your blogger blog. With this article, I showcased steps to add default author box widget in blogger blog.

Advantages of Default Author Box

• Support Multiple Authors
• Supports Authorship
• On Hover it will show you google + profile
• Original By Author

How to Add Default Author Box Widget in blogger

• Go to Blogger Dashboard » Layout Section
• Now under blog posts click on the edit button.
• You'll see Pop up » Check the option "Show Author Profile Below Post".

• Now just click on Save Button and its all done!

What to Do If The Author Box Do Not Appear?

In some cases I have noted that the author box doesn't appear. But don't worry by adding the given code you can solve this issue.

• Go to Blogger Dashboard » Template » Edit HTML
• Press Ctrl+F and Find The Given Code.

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> 

or

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3/'>

• After Finding the code just paste the below code after the above code. 

<b:if cond='data:post.authorAboutMe'> <div class='author-profile' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <b:if cond='data:post.authorPhoto.url'> <img expr:src='data:post.authorPhoto.url' itemprop='image' width='50px'/> </b:if> <div> <a class='g-profile' expr:href='data:post.authorProfileUrl' itemprop='url' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'><data:post.author/></span> </a> </div> <span itemprop='description'><data:post.authorAboutMe/></span> </div> </b:if>

• Click on save template and it will be working fine.

So, it was so easy to add this widget. Blogger did not give any stylish look to this author box widget but in our upcoming tutorials I will show you that how you can customize this author box to make it more attractive just like WordPress author box. Happy Blogging :)