About Me widget
Since I don’t consider my blog anonymous or ‘seekrit’ I grabbed a text widget and started adding an “About Me” to my sidebar. After trying to get things aligned, formatted, and adding a few links I started thinking a…
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- Small user base (200+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 15 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.1 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where About Me widget stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| about me | >100 |
| bio | >100 |
| sidebar | >100 |
| tinyMCE | >100 |
| widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 1 from 1 reviews
About About Me widget
From the official readme · v2.2Description
Since I don’t consider my blog anonymous or ‘seekrit’ I grabbed a text widget and started adding an “About Me” to my sidebar. After trying to get things aligned, formatted, and adding a few links I started thinking a widget might be nice for this. Et voila. This was my first-ever widget, so I appreciate your patience ;’)
Now, with over 8000 downloads I am releasing what I hope to be a more friendly widget. The biggest issues previously were related to path(s), layout and alignment. This left me wanting to re-design the configuration interface, keeping in mind a lot of users know little about HTML/CSS and validity issues, yet allowing the geekier to get into details/code if so desired.
After a lot of hours designing, testing and uttering quite a few curses, my head finally popped out of my sphincter and I decided to use what WordPress uses: TinyMCE. WordPress users are at least somewhat familiar with it, it’s already ‘built-in’ (no extra libraries/scripts) and I soon discovered it was easily configurable. Actually it’s easily configurable AFTER you’ve learned how. Before, it’s a bitch.
So here it is. The New King Hell Deluxe About Me Widget Supreme (ymmv)
!!Note!!
This version is not backwards compatible with versions of wordpress older than 3.1
If you are upgrading to version 2.0 from an older version be sure to copy the old about me text out before upgrading, as the new API creates new values for the title and text in the wordpress database.
Feedback
http://samdevol.com/about-me-widget-for-wordpress/
Support Forum
http://www.samdevol.com/wp-content/myforums/viewforum.php?id=3
Installation
To install:
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Drop the about-me-widget folder into your wp-content/plugins folder
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Go to your Administration:Plugins page and activate the About Me Widget
To configure:
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Go to Admin:Appearance:Widgets
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Move (drag and drop) the widget to where you would like it in your active sidebar.
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Click on the config button for the About Me widget (little notepad icon thingy on the right)
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Enter the title you want visitors to see on the sidebar
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Enter a url you would like the title to take you to (if you have more detailed ‘About Me’ page
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Click in the editor window and start designing your own widget!!!
To put together a generic ‘about me’ design:
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Select the image icon above the editor (looks like a tree)
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Enter the URL (path) to the image (relative is fine, e.g.; /wp-content/uploads/portrait.jpg)
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Enter Image Description, Title
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Select the appearance tab and use the pull-down menu to apply an alignment class
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Click the Update button
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Back in the editor now, type some text (a blurb about yourself or your site).
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Hi-lite the text and use the pull-down styles menu to apply alignment class/style
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Add some links, if you wish, then repeat #7 to the link/anchor text.
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Close the config window when you’re finished and hit the Save Changes button
Changelog
2.2
- Fixed the about me widget admin form button binding on admin widgets screen to make it work in WP 3.1 +
Be aware that this uses an even nastier trick to bind every click event of all widgets on the widget form in order to find out if the tinyMCE editor has been clicked and as such probably makes it incompatible with any other widgets that override the widget save ajax event.
2.1
- Fixed the about me widget admin form button binding on admin widgets screen to make it work in WP 2.9 +
- removed some un-need old version lang files for the advimage plugin
- added a needed lang file for the advimage plugin en_dlg.js
2.0
- Updates widget to work with new WordPress Widget API as of WP version 2.8.2.
- Added ability to have the adbout me title be clickable link to a wordpress page
- Updated the tinymce advimage plugin to be compatible with latested tinyMCE version
- Breaks backwards compatibility!!!!
- Many thanks to John BouAntoun, without whom this version would not have been possible, -Sam
1.02
- Fixes an issue that arises when installing from https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-me-widget.
- Top directory name no longer is hard-coded (Editor appears with no buttons).
1.03
- fixes an issue that arises when installing from https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-me-widget.
- Parent directory name no longer contains ‘backward’ slash (Was still having problems on IIS servers?).
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FAQ
About Me widget: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is About Me widget free?
Yes. About Me widget is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is About Me widget safe to use in 2026?
About Me widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 200+ sites, is rated 1/5 and was last updated 16 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.
How many websites use About Me widget?
About Me widget is active on 200+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 64,753 times since it launched in September 2007. It was downloaded 104 times in the last 30 days.
Does About Me widget work with WordPress 7.1?
About Me widget is officially tested up to WordPress 3.1.4, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was About Me widget last updated?
The latest version, 2.2, was released on March 23, 2011 (16 years ago).
Who makes About Me widget?
About Me widget is developed and maintained by yosemite.
What are the best alternatives to About Me widget?
The most popular alternatives to About Me widget are WDV About Me Widget (800+ installs), Easy Profile Widget (400+ installs) and Kantbtrue about me (300+ installs).
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