GeneratePress is indeed a great theme and the pricing is spot on. Anyone can afford it and use it to create websites in any kind of niche.

I found GeneratePress around 1.5 years ago and instantly migrated all my websites from Genesis to GP Premium.

By the way, the article was very helpful. Thanks!

Hi Ramesh, glad you like the theme. It’s the best $50 I have spent in a long time!

To create an author box is pretty simple. Add the code below to a Custom Hook:

<?php if (get_the_author_meta('description')) : // Check if the user has added an author description. ?>
    <div class="author-box">
        <div class="author-img"><?php echo get_avatar(get_the_author_meta('user_email'), '100'); // Display the author gravatar image. ?></div>
        <h3 class="author-name"><?php esc_html(the_author_meta('display_name')); // Display the authors name. ?></h3>
        <p class="author-description"><?php esc_textarea(the_author_meta('description')); // Displays the author description. ?></p>
    </div>
<?php endif; ?>

And add this code to the Additional CSS section under Appearance > Customize:

.author-box {
    background-color: #fff;
    padding: 40px;
    margin: 0 0 40px;
    display: inline-block;
}

.author-box .author-img {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.author-box .author-img img {
    border-radius: 50%;
}

.author-box .author-name {
    font-weight: 700;
    clear: none;
    display: inline;
}

GeneratePress is the best theme I have used in the last 2 years also. I am kind of a noob when it comes to CSS and PHP. Can you help me create the author box like you have on your website?

Awesome, glad it was helpful John. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

After reading your review, I decided to give GeneratePress a try and I love it! I am in the process of replacing all my themes with GeneratePress Premium as we speak.

It loads extremely fast, It gets rid of the need for a child theme (because of the hooks), everything can be customized in the dashboard and the documentation is excellent.

I am looking forward to many more years with it.

Cheers!