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    Home » How To Customize Your WordPress Themes » FAQ for All Themes

    Genesis User Profile Widget

    We recommend using the Custom HTML method to avoid loading gravatar on each page, which hurts pagespeed.

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    • Genesis User Profile Widget
    • Custom HTML
    • User profile block

    The Genesis User Profile widget is built into the themes and is an easy way to display an author image and short bio. This helps to build trust, which is critical for E-A-T (recipe quality guidelines).

    You have two options for this:

    • Genesis - User Profile widget
    • Custom HTML widget (preferred)

    Genesis User Profile Widget

    Go to Admin > Appearance > Widgets and drag the Genesis - User Profile widget to the Primary Sidebar widget area.

    You'll want to  sign up for a  Gravatar to get your image to pull there.

    Please make sure you sign up to Gravatar using the same e-mail address you use to login to your WordPress account or the accounts will not link and your image will not pull.

    Once you've created a Gravatar account you can select yourself from the user dropdown menu for the Genesis User Profile widget.

    The downside to the Genesis - User Profile widget is that it has to run code to output the exact same content each time - while probably not noticeable in human time, it adds unnecessary work to the server.

    Another downside is that it loads your gravatar from an external site. This:

    • Creates another DNS fetch, which slows page load times
    • Leaks visitor information to Gravatar (Automattic), potentially violating GDPR
    • Relies on a third-party service, which is relatively stable and trusted, but still another thing that can go wrong.

    Custom HTML

    The Custom HTML widget is a better solution because it loads an image from your own site, rather than gravatar.com, which helps keep you GDPR compliant.

    It also helps keep your site running smooth by avoiding unnecessary code to generate basic image+text.

    Make sure to link out to your "about me" page.

          
    <div style="text-align:center;">
    	<img src="https://foodiepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/shay-bocks-designer.png" alt="" height="150" width="150" data-pin-nopin="true">
    </div>
    <p>
    You've got a divine gift designed to serve the world. It's a special something – small and mighty – that merges passion with purpose, and purpose with joy. This simple yet powerful belief is why I've built my design business out of a desire to serve, and why I feel most alive when I'm taking your business, blog, or product to places that soar. 
    <a href="https://foodiepro.com/about/">about me!</a>
    </p>
    
    

    You'll need to create your headshot outside of WordPress and upload it to Media > Add New. You can use a service like picmonkey to do this online.

    Note: the lazyload feature in the custom HTML above isn't supported by all browser yet - you may need to follow WPRocket's instructions to lazyload the image using WPRocket.

    User profile block

    Add the user profile block for an in-content user profile on the homepage.

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    How To Customize Your WordPress Themes

    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • How to Set a Favicon
    • Plugins to Install
    • How to Change the Header Size
    • How to Change the Background Color of the Genesis eNews Widgets
    • Font Size for Food Blogs
    • Why is troubleshooting so complex?
    • How to Launch Your Food Blog
    • Add a Before Entry Widget Area
    • Recipe Index: Content Configuration (Cravings Pro + Seasoned Pro)
    • How Do I Set Up My Navigation Menu?
    • Can I Use Multiple Recipe Index Pages?
    • How Do I Update the Theme Version? (without the Feast Plugin)
    • Remove Search Box from Navigation Menu
    • How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
    • Customization Library
    • Setup a secondary navigation menu
    • How to clear your cache
    • Troubleshoot Plugin Conflicts
    • How to Add the Featured Posts Category Index
    • Food Blog Home Page Pagination
    • Cravings Pro Theme: Setup Your Navigation Menu
    • Why we're not supporting Gutenberg Oversized Images
    • Install Theme, and Import Demo Content and Widgets
    • How to change change your footer
    • Seasoned Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Manually Disable Google Fonts
    • Image Alt Tags
    • Why we don't support the read more tag
    • Pinterest for Food Bloggers
    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • WordPress Settings
    • Foodie Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Brunch Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Cook'd Pro Classic Tutorials
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    • All About Featured Images
    • FAQ for All Themes
      • LinkedIn Featured Image
      • Setup Genesis eNews Widget/Newsletter
      • Multiple Recipe Index Pages for Food Themes
      • How to Edit Child Theme Files
      • How to Add Pagination to the Home Page
      • How to Control Which Categories Show Up in the Categories Widget
      • Genesis User Profile Widget
      • How to Enable Comments on Your Site
      • Change the Number of Posts That Show on the Category / Search / Archive Pages
      • How to Ensure Your Posts Show on the Home Page
      • Why Do I See Duplicate Images?
      • Why Isn't the Category Description Appearing?
    • Add Google Analytics Tracking Code
    • Customization Referrals
    • Genesis Child Themes
    • Enable SSL for HTTPS on your Food Blog
    • How to Start a Food Blog
    • Set Up Your WooCommerce Shop
    • The parent theme could not be found. You will need to install the parent theme, genesis, before you can use this child theme
    • Food Blog Theme Features Comparison
    • Translation + Multi Language Support
    • Use Inspect Element to troubleshoot styles

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