Authors
Manage the editorial authors whose posts appear on your site
An author is someone who writes editorial content for your site. Editors link authors to posts, and each author has a public bio page that visitors can reach from any of their posts.
Basker keeps authors separate from People (used for the cast and creative team of events): different audience, different intent. An author writes for the site. A person performs at it. The same person can have both, with separate entries for each role.
What an author includes
- A first name and last name.
- An optional display name: the name as it should appear on your site. Use it if this differs from the first and last name. Falls back to the first and last name when left empty.
- A biography: rich-text body content for the author's page.
- An author image or headshot.
- An optional role or title ("Senior Critic", "Program Note Writer").
Linking an author to a post
Open the post and add one or more authors. A post can have many authors, and the order matters because your theme typically respects it as the byline order.
Multi-author posts
When a post has more than one author, your theme decides how the byline reads. For example, "by A and B" or "by A, B, and C". The post's archive listings and structured data reflect the full author list.