Easy Author Box

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• More from this author: list other published articles under the byline
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• Custom heading, count, columns, order, category scope, language, and featured filters
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• Layouts: Media, Cards, Spotlight, Compact, or numbered List
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• Optional date, category, intro image, and excerpt
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• Per-author View all URL and link text on the Authors tab
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• Exclude articles or categories from the more list, optional tag filter
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• Shortcode overrides for the new options (for example show_more_articles and more_articles_count)
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• Filters use Joomla category pickers and modal article selectors (same pattern as ReadTime)
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• Fixed Author profiles subform: forms/author.xml was missing (misnamed file)
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• Existing comma-separated filter IDs still work
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• Initial release
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• Author byline from article Created by user
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• Author profiles: photo, role, bio, socials, contact
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• Layouts: Card, Horizontal, Compact, Minimal, Stacked
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• Themes: Classic, Soft, Bold, Minimal, Glass
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• Optional Person JSON-LD (schema.org)
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• Optional Gravatar fallback
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• Shortcodes: {easy_author_box} and {author_box}
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• Category and article filters
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• Joomla 4 / 5 / 6, Font Awesome via Web Asset Manager
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