Title: Linkify Authors
Author: Scott Reilly
Published: June 12, 2009
Last modified: April 25, 2025
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# Linkify Authors
By [Scott Reilly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/linkify-authors.2.5.zip)
* [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/linkify-authors/#description)
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* [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/linkify-authors/#installation)
* [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/linkify-authors/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linkify-authors/)
## Description
The plugin provides a widget called “Linkify Authors” as well as a template tag,`
c2c_linkify_authors()`, which allow you to easily specify authors to list and how
to list them. Authors are specified by either ID or slug. Each link will point to
the post archive for each user. See other parts of the documentation for example
usage and capabilities.
Links: [Plugin Homepage](https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/linkify-authors/) |
[Plugin Directory Page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/linkify-authors/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/coffee2code/linkify-authors/)
| [Author Homepage](https://coffee2code.com)
### Developer Documentation
Developer documentation can be found in [DEVELOPER-DOCS.md](https://github.com/coffee2code/linkify-authors/blob/master/DEVELOPER-DOCS.md).
That documentation covers the template tag and hook provided by the plugin.
As an overview, this is the template tag provided by the plugin:
* `c2c_linkify_authors()` : Display links to each of any number of authors specified
via author IDs/slugs. You can customize text to show before and/or after the
entire listing, between each author, and what to display (if anything) when no
authors are listed.
This is the hook provided by the plugin:
* `c2c_linkify_authors` : Allows use of an alternative approach to safely invoke`
c2c_linkify_authors()` in such a way that if the plugin were deactivated or deleted,
then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.
### 2.5 _(2025-04-24)_
* Hardening: Prevent unsafe markup from being output
* Update widget base class to v006:
- Hardening: Prevent unsafe markup from being output
- Change: Include version number in class name to prevent using older version
- Change: Move PHPCS-related inline comment with the associated `phpcs:ignore`
comment
* Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+
* Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+
* Change: Update copyright date (2025)
* Unit tests:
- Change: Remove vestiges of testing for now-removed `linkify_authors()`
- Change: Explicitly define return type for overridden methods
#### 2.4 (2024-08-15)
Highlights:
This recommended release features improvements to widget implementation, adds some
hardening measures, notes compatibility through WP 6.6+, removes unit tests from
release packaging, updates copyright date (2024), and other code improvements and
minor changes.
Details:
* Widget:
- New: Extract base widget functionality common amongst my Linkify family of
plugins into reusable base class
- Change: Define a default ‘none’ message so that something is shown when no
authors are specified
- Change: Improve spacing in block editor around widget input field help text
- New: Add `get_config()` to retrieve configuration
- New: Add unit tests
- Change: Update version to 005
* New: Extract code for creating link to author’s post archive into new `__c2c_linkify_authors_get_author_link()`
* Hardening: Escape some variables prior to being output
* Change: Tweak descriptions to clarify that the links are to each author’s post
archive
* Change: Add default values for optional arguments to inline parameter documentation
* Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.6+
* Change: Prevent unwarranted PHPCS complaints about unescaped output (HTML is
allowed)
* Change: Update copyright date (2024)
* Change: Reduce number of ‘Tags’ from `readme.txt`
* Change: Remove development and testing-related files from release packaging
* Hardening: Unit tests: Prevent direct web access to `bootstrap.php`
* New: Add some potential TODO items
#### 2.3.1 (2023-08-22)
* Fix: Fix some typos in documentation
* Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.3+
* Change: Update copyright date (2023)
* New: Add `.gitignore` file
* Unit tests:
- Allow tests to run against current versions of WordPress
- New: Add `composer.json` for PHPUnit Polyfill dependency
- Change: Prevent PHP warnings due to missing core-related generated files
_Full changelog is available in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/coffee2code/linkify-authors/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)._
## Screenshots
* [[
* The plugin’s widget configuration.
## Installation
1. Install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer. Or install the plugin code
inside the plugins directory for your site (typically `/wp-content/plugins/`).
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
3. Use the provided widget or the `c2c_linkify_authors()` template tag in one of your
templates (be sure to pass it at least the first argument indicating what author
IDs and/or slugs to linkify — the argument can be an array, a space-separate list,
or a comma-separated list). Other optional arguments are available to customize
the output.
4. Optional: Use the “Linkify Authors” widget in one of the sidebars provided by your
theme.
## FAQ
### What happens if I tell it to list something that I have mistyped, haven’t created yet, or have deleted?
If a given ID/slug doesn’t match up with an existing author then that item is ignored
without error.
### How do I get items to appear as a list (using HTML tags)?
Whether you use the template tag or the widget, specify the following information
for the appropriate fields/arguments:
Before text: `` (or ``) Between authors: ``
### Does this plugin have unit tests?
Yes. The tests are not packaged in the release .zip file or included in plugins.
svn.wordpress.org, but can be found in the [plugin’s GitHub repository](https://github.com/coffee2code/linkify-authors/).
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“Linkify Authors” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Scott Reilly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/)
[Translate “Linkify Authors” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/linkify-authors)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/linkify-authors/),
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## Meta
* Version **2.5**
* Last updated **12 months ago**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.8.5**
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## Contributors
* [ Scott Reilly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/)
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