We’re always on the lookout for partnerships that expand our offerings and benefit our users. We’ve found such a partnership with WordPress and are thrilled to announce the about.me WordPress widget.
Available on both WordPress.com and WordPress.org, this widget shows off your about.me background, bio and services within your blog sidebar. Take a look!
The beauty of this widget is that you have an instantly populated about section for your blog with your about.me content. Not only is it visual but it connects your readers with who you are and where you have a presence online.
And, it automatically updates as you use the services you’ve connected or edit your biography at about.me. It’s a realtime snapshot of who you are, always.
To add this to your WordPress.com blog:
1. Go to the Widgets section of your Appearance settings.
2. Drag the about.me widget to your preferred Widget Area.
3. Add your about.me username to and configure your widget.
To add it to your WordPress.org blog follow these steps:
- Upload the widget archive to your
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Appearance/Widgets to move the widget into your theme and configure it.
Using the about.me WordPress widget ensures your identity is consistent wherever you are online. Besides personalizing your blog, it’s specific and unique to you.
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Great development, congratulations. I just put on my WordPress blog and it works awesome!
Even though I had a bio in an About tab on my site , many people seemed to miss it and tell me they couldn’t tell it was my site. The about.me widget makes it much clearer.
I seemed to have made a mistake in my html codes on the last post. I was referring to my site http://www.worldsbestsite.com.
Anything in the works for a widget for Blogger blogs? Please?
Congrats on the launch, hope to see more from About.me in the WordPress plugins directory 🙂
I managed to install the plugin on my personal WordPress.org blog after facing a big issue. There are several outdated “about me” plugins available and one made my blog crash. Be sure you install the right one, the one which is linked to from the post above.
Very good Idea .
For everyone … good and sweet reads, ciao .
We have more in the works but nothing Blogger-specific!
thanks
Any advice on configuring on self-hosted WP? Offers only title option.
Hi Layla!
You can adjust the Widget title, name size and whether you have an image or not displaying.
If you don’t see these options, please reach out to us at http://support.about.me with a screenshot of what you see and we can take a look!
Laura
Thanks Laura. I sent screenshots to support.