內容簡介
Cite This Article 外掛幫助線上出版者提供讀者可靠的引用方式，特別適合學術、醫療和研究導向的網站。它能直接在 WordPress 文章中添加作者資訊及即用的文章引用，提升內容的可信度與學術價值。
【主要功能】
• 提供即用的文章引用格式
• 支援單一或多位作者的作者框
• 自動解析 Co-Authors Plus 的作者資訊
• 手動添加來賓作者
• 一鍵複製引用內容
• 支援多種引用格式的匯出
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開發者團隊
② 後台搜尋「Cite This Article ~ Author Box」→ 直接安裝（推薦）
原文外掛簡介
Cite This Article helps online publishers give readers a reliable way to cite and credit their work. Built for academic, medical, research-heavy, and other source-driven websites, it adds author information and ready-to-use article citations directly to WordPress posts.
Build author boxes for single- or multiple-author posts, add guest authors manually when a WordPress account is not needed, use local images from the WordPress Media Library, or automatically resolve authors and guest authors from Co-Authors Plus.
Authors can appear together in one combined author box or in individual author cards, with their own bios and images where available.
Each author box can include a Cite This Article panel that gives readers a consistent way to identify the article’s authors and publication details, copy the article citation, or export the reference to their reference manager.
Cite This Article is designed for publishers whose work may itself become a source — from academic and medical publications to research-heavy blogs, journalism, analysis, and other evidence-driven content.
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Citation and Author Box Features
Ready-to-use article citations for readers
One-click citation copying
BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON exports for reference managers
Citation-aware page metadata for tools such as Zotero
Article citation generation for all resolved authors
Native multiple-author support
Guest authors through manual author entry or supported integrations
Combined author box or individual author cards
Automatic WordPress author profiles and bios
Automatic Co-Authors Plus author and guest-author resolution
Local author images from the WordPress Media Library
Individual author avatars and profile images
Per-author manual bio and description overrides
Horizontal and vertical author box layouts
Single/group image, individual images, or no-image display
Round or square author images
Small, medium, and large avatar sizing
Gutenberg block and shortcode support
Lightweight front-end output with no external framework dependency
Multiple Authors
Cite This Article supports multiple authors natively rather than requiring a particular multi-author plugin.
Multiple authors can come from:
Manual authors entered in the Gutenberg block
Manual authors supplied through the shortcode
Authors supplied by a supported author integration
The standard WordPress post author
Manual authors can also be used as guest authors when you need to credit a contributor without creating a WordPress user account.
Authors can be displayed in two ways:
Combined — All resolved authors appear together in one author box.
Individual — Each resolved author receives a separate author card with their own avatar and author bio where available. One shared citation panel continues to represent the complete article and all of its authors.
Manual description overrides are available for individual authors, while profile biographies are used automatically when available.
See the Multiple Authors documentation for configuration details.
Author Bios and Profiles
Cite This Article can automatically use WordPress author profile information to build an author bio box.
Depending on the author source and layout, the plugin can display:
Author display name
Author biography or description
Author avatar
Locally selected author image from the WordPress Media Library
Manually overridden author description
In Individual layout, each author can have their own author bio and profile image.
Visual author-box information remains separate from the author names used to generate the article citation. Changing a display name or author bio does not replace the citation author list.
Cite This Article
The reader-facing Cite This Article panel turns the finished WordPress article into something readers can identify, cite, and save more reliably.
The citation panel:
Generates a citation for the current article
Includes all resolved article authors
Supports multiple authors natively
Provides one-click citation copying
Offers BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON downloads for reference managers
Optionally links to CiteKit for reformatting into additional citation styles
Remains shared when authors are displayed as separate individual cards
The plugin can also output citation-aware page metadata (Google/Highwire citation_* tags) so tools such as Zotero and other reference managers can recognize and save your articles more accurately.
This combines author presentation with a consistent reader-facing way to cite and credit the published work.
Gutenberg Block
The plugin includes a dedicated Gutenberg block called Author Box with Citation.
Block controls include:
Combined or Individual author layout
Manual multiple-author and guest-author entry
Single, individual, or no-image display
WordPress Media Library image overrides
Per-author description overrides
Horizontal or vertical layout
Round or square avatars
Small, medium, or large avatar sizing
Leave the manual authors field empty to let Cite This Article resolve the post author automatically.
The block can be used as a simple WordPress author bio box or as a complete multiple-author presentation and article-citation component.
See Layout & Styling for display options.
Shortcode
Use the [author_box] shortcode anywhere WordPress shortcodes are supported.
Basic Author Box
[author_box]
Displays the automatically resolved post author using the default author box settings.
Horizontal Author Box
[author_box layout="horizontal"]
Vertical Author Box
[author_box layout="vertical"]
Round Author Image
[author_box avatar_shape="round"]
Square Author Image
[author_box avatar_shape="square"]
Large Author Image
[author_box avatar_size="lg"]
Small Author Image
[author_box avatar_size="sm"]
Author Box Without an Image
[author_box image_mode="none"]
Combined Multiple-Author Box
[author_box author_layout="combined"]
Displays all resolved authors together in one author box.
Individual Multiple-Author Cards
[author_box author_layout="individual" image_mode="individual"]
Displays one author card for each resolved author.
Manual Multiple Authors or Guest Authors
[author_box authors="Jane Doe|John Smith|Alex Lee"]
Manual authors do not need WordPress user accounts, so they can also be used for guest contributors.
Manual Multiple Authors With Individual Cards
[author_box authors="Jane Doe|John Smith|Alex Lee" author_layout="individual" image_mode="individual"]
Manual Author Name
[author_box name="Jane Doe"]
Custom Author Tagline
[author_box tagline="Science and Health Editor"]
Custom Author Bio
[author_box description="Jane writes about evidence-based health, nutrition, and medical research."]
Custom Name, Tagline and Bio
[author_box name="Jane Doe" tagline="Senior Editor" description="Jane covers research, policy, and public health."]
Custom Author Image URL
[author_box image="https://example.com/images/jane-doe.jpg"]
WordPress Media Library Image
[author_box image_id="123"]
Multiple Authors With Individual Images
[author_box authors="Jane Doe|John Smith" author_layout="individual" image_mode="individual" author_images="123|456"]
Customized Horizontal Author Box
[author_box name="Jane Doe" tagline="Senior Editor" layout="horizontal" avatar_shape="square" avatar_size="lg"]
Customized Vertical Author Box
[author_box name="Jane Doe" description="Jane covers research and public health." layout="vertical" avatar_shape="round" avatar_size="md"]
Render an Author Box for Another Post
[author_box post_id="123"]
Custom Heading
[author_box title="Written by"]
Choose Which Export Links to Show
[author_box export="bib,ris,csl-json"]
Hide the Export Links
[author_box export="none"]
Accepted Attributes
name — Override the displayed author name
authors — Supply multiple or guest authors separated with |
tagline — Override the author tagline
description — Override the author bio or description
image — Supply an author image URL
image_id — Use an image from the WordPress Media Library
author_images — Supply image IDs for multiple individual authors
author_layout — combined or individual
image_mode — single, individual, or none
layout — horizontal or vertical
avatar_shape — round or square
avatar_size — sm, md, or lg
title — Override the author-box heading for this box
export — Choose export formats (bib, ris, csl-json) or none to hide them
post_id — Render the author box using another post’s author context
Author Resolution
Cite This Article resolves the article’s author collection separately from its visual author-box fields.
By default, authors are resolved in this order:
Manual authors entered in the block or shortcode
Authors supplied by a supported integration
The standard WordPress post author
The site name as a final fallback
Manual authors can be used for named guest contributors who do not have WordPress accounts.
This means multiple-author and guest-author support are part of Cite This Article itself rather than being tied to one particular author plugin.
Citation generation and author-box presentation use the same resolved author collection, while visual fields such as display names, bios, and images can be customized independently.
Integrations
Cite This Article supports author integrations that can provide the author collection used by the author box, multiple-author layouts, and article citation.
Co-Authors Plus
Co-Authors Plus is currently supported automatically.
When Co-Authors Plus is active, Cite This Article can:
Resolve all authors assigned to the post
Support Co-Authors Plus guest authors
Use guest-author avatars
Use guest-author descriptions as author bios
Display authors together or as individual author cards
Include every resolved author in the article citation
No separate shortcode or special integration setup is required when automatic author resolution is enabled.
If Co-Authors Plus is not installed, Cite This Article continues to work with its native multiple-author and guest-author handling and the standard WordPress author system.
Layout and Display
Author boxes can be displayed horizontally or vertically.
Image controls include:
One image for a combined author group
Individual profile images for individual author cards
Local images selected from the WordPress Media Library
No author image
Round or square image shapes
Small, medium, or large image sizes
Combined layout is useful for compact multi-author articles. Individual layout is useful when each contributor needs a distinct author bio, image, or description.
See the Layout & Styling documentation for configuration details.
Upgrade to Premium
The free plugin covers what most sites need: author boxes, multiple and guest authors, article citations, reference-manager exports, and citation metadata.
Premium is for publications that need to control where and how author boxes appear across different kinds of content. These features are not included in this free plugin.
Custom post type support — Use Cite This Article on research articles, reviews, reports, resources, or any other registered custom post type, not just standard posts
Per-content-type profiles — Give each custom post type its own author-box layout, image settings, citation visibility, and presentation defaults
Advanced placement and targeting — Insert author boxes by content position, CSS selector, or theme hook, with rules for posts, authors, categories, and taxonomies
Display and exclusion rules — Show or hide the author box on specific posts, authors, categories, or taxonomies, with duplicate protection
Learn more at CiteKit.
