About me

About Me WordPress Plugin

Networks

  • Amazon Wishlist
  • Anobii
  • Bitbucket
  • Blogs
  • BlogMarks
  • Dapx
  • Delicious
  • DeviantART
  • Digg
  • Disqus
  • Ebay
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • FriendFeed
  • Github
  • GoodReads
  • Google Profile
  • Google Reader
  • Hellotxt
  • Hyves.nl
  • Identi.ca
  • Jeqq
  • Last FM
  • LibraryThing
  • Linked In
  • My Space
  • Orkut
  • Picasa Web Albums
  • Plurk
  • Pownce
  • Qik
  • Qype
  • RedGage
  • Sixent
  • Songza
  • Stumble Upon
  • Technorati
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Xing

The About Me WordPress plugin is a sidebar widget that displays icon links to your profile pages on other social networking sites. You can see it in action here on the right hand side of my blog.

Installation Instructions:

1. Download the installation zip file and unzip leaving the directory structure in tact.
2. Upload the newly unzipped ’about-me’ folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` folder folder
3. Activate the About Me plugin from the wordpress plugins activation page.
4. Add the widget to your sidebar from the Widget design page.
5. Add your social links from the About Me page under Tools.

Other resources:

Bug tracker, code browser and official page on wordpress codex.

If you want more social networks supported, just open a ticket providing me a link to an user profile. I will add suggested sites in upcoming releases.

This plugin is a fork of Social Links

When I hit ‘Add’ nothing happens

The ‘add’ button is linked to an ajax function provided by prototype lib. Some other plugins inject their own version of prototype, instead of using the one provided by WP, this result in a broken ‘add’ button.

If you are using Use Google Libraries plugins read this

Changelog:

From 1.0.6 to 1.0.7

  • Fixed conflict with find-me-on plugin

From 1.0.5 to 1.0.6

  • Added Anobii
  • Added DeviantART
  • Added LibraryThing
  • Added Qik
  • Added Songza

From 1.0.4 to 1.0.5

  • Added GoodReads
  • Added Orkut
  • Added Google Profile
  • Added Google Reader
  • Added Qype
  • Added Ebay
  • Now works when WP url is different from blog url (under options->general)

From 1.0.3 to 1.0.4

  • Added RedGage

From 1.0.2 to 1.0.3

  • Added Disqus

From 1.0.1 to 1.0.2

  • Added Hyves.nl
  • Title tag added to images.

From About me 1.0.0 to About me 1.0.1

  • Added Hellotxt
  • Management page renamed to ‘About Me’
  • Widget renamed to ‘About Me – Social Links’
  • Widget width input text is now wider

From Social Links 1.0.11 to About me 1.0.0

  • Added Bitbucket, Identi.ca and Github
  • Fixed problems with Lightbox2 and Slimbox
  • Added rel="me" attributes in links
  • http://www.JackieChia.com Jackie Chia

    The plugin is coolI like it…..

  • Zsiti

    Hi. The plugin is great, thanks for developing it, but I have a problem with it, and I could use some help with that. For some reason it doesn't display the icons of the social sites in the widget, it writes out the Name of it instead. Also I can't add any more social site links, nothing happens when I push the “Add” button. I suppose it is some permission problem or something, I am quite new to WordPress, maybe I messed up something. Thanks for help in advance.Zsiti

  • nolith

    Tnx for using About Me. Please try version 1.0.5 which should fix the image not dispalying problem.For the 'add' problem may be related to another plugin injecting some JS function.Please update to 1.0.5 and report again (specifying the list of plugins installed).Tnx

  • Andreia

    Hello, Started using your plugin. It's working great. I have to questions, how can I change the images displayed and how can I add a social network not listed yet, being that service this one http://qik.com/nokiaportugalThank you

  • nolith

    Version 1.x.x did't allow you to easily change the icons.You can find them under /wp-content/plugins/about-me/images/, please consider that updating About Me will overwrite them.I'll add for you qik.com as soon as possible.Version 2.0.0 will allow a easier icon change, but it's scheduled after september due to my thesis work.

  • nolith
  • Zsiti

    Version 1.0.5 fixed all the problems, now it's working! Thanks for the update, and support! Keep on developing this nice plugin! Good job!

  • Andreia

    uoooou, now that was quick and it works also ;) Thank you so much,Andreia

  • http://greatestreviews.net/ Agent 001

    Can it be added to other places like inside posts/pages or any where in the theme?I do not want it in Sidebar. Any options for me.

  • http://www.giovannizuccaro.it/ Giò

    Plugin comodissimo. Era esattamente ciò che cercavo.Suggerisco deviantart.com e anobii.com.Perché non spostare il link di configurazione back-end nella voce Plugins?Grazie mille!

  • http://twitter.com/kevinfox Kevin Fox

    Excellent plugin, great work, thanks!Please add support for http://Songza.com when you get a chance.Cheers,Kevin

  • http://torontohomemortgages.com/ mark

    Scrivi qui il tuo commento.Hello, in your widget, can I change the name from “about me” to something like “follow us”?

  • http://torontohomemortgages.com/ mark

    Where is the download for the “aboutme” widget? Thanks.

  • nolith

    It's here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about-me/ or the latest version http://code.l0g.in/about-me/get/tip.zipYes you can change the “about me” name iunder the widget option.Bye

  • http://torontohomemortgages.com/ mark

    Hi, the plugin works great. Wondering if there's a way to set it so that when people click on the social media logo they're not taken away from my page. Can it be set so that it open in a new window?

  • dick80

    Same here! Any tips?

  • nolith

    I'll add this option in next releases.

  • http://twitter.com/poetofzwan Michael Davies

    How do I go about getting all my icons to be shown as one (rather than two) rows? i see you have the plugin displaying your social icons in this way, but I can't seem to see how to do this myself.

  • nolith

    Appearence->Widgets”About Me – Social Links” and change width property.Bye

  • http://twitter.com/poetofzwan Michael Davies

    Thanks! Don't know how I missed that!Appreciate the quick response : )

  • Ike

    GreetingsThanks for the plugin. is there a way to make the icons larger? They are very small and hard to see for my market segment. Any chance of me just going into the plugin folder and adding images to the desired size?TIA

  • nolith

    You can change icons under images folder in about-me directory.Remeber to change it after every upgrade.Bye

  • Bram

    Great plugin! Also the first one that actually added sites! (compared to social links).I wanted to send you a ticket to add LibraryThing.com in a next release but I don't get the captcha picture and as such can't send you a ticket for that!But again thanks for the great plugin! And if possible please add LibraryThing!

  • http://eliuo.wordpress.com/ Eliu

    what is the code to manually add the sidebar?

  • http://www.edwinstevens.nl/ Edwin

    Plugin is cool but I see no icons. I have version 2.8.4 of WordPress. My widget has the name “profielen”

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    Did you added them under Tools->About Me ?

  • http://mariusvw.com/ Marius van Witzenburg

    Hello,I was wondering if these networks could be added too?BadooBrightKiteDiscogsMarktplaatsMobyPictureNetlogStumbleUponTumblrVampireFreaksVimeoIf you need any help with it to get it done, give me a message… Got some spare time for now ;-)

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    Please provide me a profile link for each network ;)

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    Aggiunti nel repository, se vuoi puoi provarlo scaricando questo http://bitbucket.org/nolith/about-me/get/b017b5...Scusa per il ritardo ma mi stavo laureando :)

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    Added in repository, try this http://bitbucket.org/nolith/about-me/get/b017b5... I'm sorry for the delay but I had been busy with my bachelor degree.

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    Added in repository, try this http://bitbucket.org/nolith/about-me/get/b017b5... I'm sorry for the delay but I had been busy with my bachelor degree.

  • http://www.icehat.be/ Bart

    Please add Netlog, it's the fastest growing social networking site in Europe ;)

  • http://twitter.com/gplauche Geoffrey Plauche

    This is a wonderful plugin. Thank you. I'd like to request the addition of two social neetworking sites:LibraryThing: A book lovers and book cataloging network like GoodReads and Shelfari.Mendeley: An academic research network for organizing bibliographies, sharing research and publications, and collaboration.

  • Bram

    FYI: I've requested Library Thing a while ago and it is already part of the plugin!

  • davethedrummer

    About Me plugin does not work :Fatal error: Cannot redeclare savesortorder() (previously declared in /homepages/33/d86530088/htdocs/HampshireSkeptics/Blog/wp-content/plugins/find-me-on/find-me-on.php:1034) in /homepages/33/d86530088/htdocs/HampshireSkeptics/Blog/wp-content/plugins/about-me/aboutme.php on line 508

  • http://www.veritasnoctis.net/ Geoffrey Plauche

    Really? I don't see it as an option. Was it removed?

  • http://catatan.legawa.com/ Cahya

    Hmm…, I wish there is a way to put it on a single page :)

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    You have to do some PHP work on your theme.THe following codes calls About Me widget<?php if ( function_exists('widget_social_links') ) { $about_me_opts = array( “before_title”=>”", “after_title”=>”", “before_widget”=>”", “after_widget”=>”"); widget_social_links($about_me_opts); }?>

  • http://www.hpdarticles.com Hpd Articles

    How can i add this plugin to my blog???

  • http://laberpla.net schmuddel

    hi!how is it possible, that the url's are opened in a new window?thxschmuddel

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  • http://mariusvw.com Marius van Witzenburg

    BadooBrightKite – http://brightkite.com/people/mariusvwDiscogs – http://www.discogs.com/user/mariusvwMarktplaats – http://verkopers.marktplaats.nl/12241926MobyPicture – http://www.mobypicture.com/user/mariusvwNetlogStumbleUpon – http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/mariusvwdot...Tumblr – http://mariusvw.tumblr.com/VampireFreaks – http://vampirefreaks.com/mariusvwVimeo – http://vimeo.com/mariusvwHere the profile linkes.Simply replace 'mariusvw', id or 'mariusvwdotcom' with the username and it should work :-)

  • http://DallasGreenBuilding.com Marc Kleinmann

    Hello;Really like the plugin, have a couple of questions:1. is it possible to add code to allow for opening of links in new window2. is it possible to increase size of icons?3. facebook only seems to work for personal facebook url, not for facebook pages – can this be changed?Thx,Marc

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  • http://petite.vcnielson.com Blueisgood

    First I want to thank you for this plugin. It's a really excellent and sleek little addition to my blog!I have one social network site I am a member of that this plugin does not support: http://ravelry.comHere is a link to my profile, but I don't know if you will be able to see it without a membership. I understand that you may not be able to implement this site, but I thank you for your consideration: http://www.ravelry.com/people/vcnielson

  • http://petite.vcnielson.com Blueisgood

    Could you please consider adding http://redbubble.com to this plugin?

  • Tom

    It does not support long facebook profiles. It automatically cuts the link at 52 characters. Can this be fixed, so that it supports longer links?

  • evanslaw

    Great plugin! Would love the ability to also add a link to a specific page on my WP blog; e.g., a link to my “about” page.

  • Mike

    Perhaps adding http://www.purevolume.com/ would be a good idea?

  • Peter Flamand

    How can I ad my picture between ‘About me’ and the socialnetwork icons?

    Grtz, Peter

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  • Andy Morgan

    Hi Alessio, I’m a WP Newbie and I’m trying to use your plug in. I just can’t interpret the line “5. Add your social links from the About Me page under Tools.” What does it mean? I’ve installed the plugin on my page, but I just don’t know how to use it. Can you help me?
    Tx

  • Magonicolas

    Awesome Plugin, thanks!
    How can I make it open sites in Other Window?
    Thanks!

  • Josh

    Great plugin, but could you please fix it to link to pages? ex. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sell-My-Mac-Now/185186201493985

    Also, I am interested in the links opening in different window or tab as others have expressed.

    Thank you,

  • Marco

    ciao!! complimenti per il plugin!!!
    potresti aggiungere anche GOOGLE BUZZ, per cortesia???

    grazie. Marco.-

  • Jalbanese2

    Very nice plug in. It works great but I need to make the icon larger. It is to small to see. How do I change the size?

  • Jalbanese2

    I saw your response on this question. I can’t find the About me directory to locate the images folder. Thank you for your help

  • Jalbanese2

    Where can I find the about-me directory?

  • http://abisso.org nolith

    It’s under your_wordpress_installation_folder/wp-content/plugins/about-me
    Thereyou can find an images folder that you can replace.
    Bye

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