Adding authors to your blog builds trust and increases credibility. People know who is the source of the information and can refer to it when needed. In Shopify Blog App, you can create an unlimited number of blog authors. And that's what you'll learn to do in this article.
Note: this feature is available in the Standard and Pro plans.
Check this short video to see how to create blog authors in Shopify or follow the instruction below:
How to Manage Blog Authors in Shopify?
Before you move on to creating blog authors in Shopify, you need to make sure they are enabled in configurations. For that go to Apps > Magefan Blog > Configuration and find the Author section.
- Choose whether to Display Author Information.
- Decide if you want to Display Author and Co-author Blocks at the bottom of the post page.
- Enable the Display Post List by Author option if you want to show the author's posts on the author page and chose the Post List Template for it.
How to Create Blog Author in Shopify?
1. Navigate to Apps > Magefan Blog > Authors and press the Add New Author button.
2. Fill in the author's personal information, providing an Email, First and Last Names.
3. Set a Role.
4. Add the author's bio in the Content.
5. Set Author status to enable and upload the author's Image.
6. Specify the Short Content.
7. Specify blog author page URL Key, Metadata and change the Meta Robots if necessary.
Once you Save a new blog author, you will be able to assign them to a blog post.
Then, after clicking on the author's name on the frontend, readers will be redirected to the author's page with all their posts.
Additionally, if you've enabled the author's block, readers will be able to go to the author's page from the blocks at the bottom of the post page.
How to Add Co-Authors to the Blog Post?
If you use the Pro plan, you can add multiple authors to the post. Simply go to the blog post and scroll down to find the Co-authors section. Tick the authors you want to add to the post and Save it.
Once you save the post, you'll find the co-author displayed at the top of the blog post.
Then if you also enable the corresponding option in the Author's settings, co-author block will appear at the bottom of the blog post too.
However, that's not it. Blog post is not the only place people can view your blog authors. You can also enable author's list in the blog sidebar and let your readers meet all your authors in one place.
