Author profile fields

These are the fields the theme uses to build the byline under an article and the author page. Find them at Users, editing a profile, in the User options group.

#Avatar

The initials option exists so authors without a photo still look deliberate rather than missing. A byline where three writers have portraits and one has a gray silhouette looks like a mistake; the same byline with one neat initials badge does not.

#Position

Keep it short. It sits under a name in a byline, not on a business card.

#Social profiles

#Featured post

The same featured post field categories and tags have, here pinning one post above this author archive.

#What stays standard WordPress

The name and the biography are ordinary WordPress profile fields. Verba does not replace them, it reads them.

Where all of this appears is a separate question. The author box under an article is configured at VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostFooter, covered in the single post section.

Which avatar wins if the user also has a Gravatar?

The custom avatar set here. If the source is set to initials, the badge is used instead of any photo.

Nothing appears for my author under the article

The author box is off in the single post footer settings, or the post fields hide it. Check the global setting first.

Can a post have more than one author?

With the co-authors integration, yes. Without it, WordPress allows one author per post.

Last updated 9 Sep 2026