{"id":16882,"date":"2012-02-13T15:15:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/google-plus-author\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T23:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:30:54","slug":"google-plus-author","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/google-plus-author\/","author":8188417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"2.1","stable_tag":"2.1","tested":"6.8.5","requires":"3.0","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"WP Google Authorship","header_author":"Mervin Praison","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"fffcfc","last_updated":"2025-11-08 23:30:54","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/mer.vin","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/mer.vin\/google-plus-author","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/mer.vin","rating":5,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":200,"downloads":21684,"num_ratings":1,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0":{"tag":"1.0","author":"mervinpraison","date":"2012-03-16 22:23:34"},"2.0":{"tag":"2.0","author":"mervinpraison","date":"2012-03-16 22:23:34"},"2.1":{"tag":"2.1","author":"mervinpraison","date":"2025-11-08 23:30:54"}},"upgrade_notice":{"2.1":"

Security update: Fixes vulnerabilities and updates deprecated functions. Please update immediately.<\/p>"},"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":"2"},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":{"banner-772x250.png":{"filename":"banner-772x250.png","revision":520031,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":""}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","2.0","2.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":{"screenshot-2.png":{"filename":"screenshot-2.png","revision":3392278,"resolution":"2","location":"plugin"},"screenshot-3.png":{"filename":"screenshot-3.png","revision":3392278,"resolution":"3","location":"plugin"},"screenshot-1.png":{"filename":"screenshot-1.png","revision":3392278,"resolution":"1","location":"plugin"}},"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[132,17860,150,185,186],"plugin_category":[55,56],"plugin_contributors":[79214],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-16882","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-author","plugin_tags-authorship","plugin_tags-google","plugin_tags-google-plus","plugin_tags-seo","plugin_category-seo-and-marketing","plugin_category-social-and-sharing","plugin_contributors-mervinpraison","plugin_committers-mervinpraison"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/google-plus-author\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=520031","banner_2x":false,"banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/google-plus-author_fffcfc.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/google-plus-author\/trunk\/screenshot-1.png?rev=3392278","caption":""},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/google-plus-author\/trunk\/screenshot-2.png?rev=3392278","caption":""},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/google-plus-author\/trunk\/screenshot-3.png?rev=3392278","caption":""}],"raw_content":"\n

This plugin helps you add Google authorship markup to your WordPress site, allowing your Google Plus profile picture to appear in Google Search results.<\/p>\n\n

Features:\n* Easy 4-step setup process\n* Multiple author support\n* Multisite compatible\n* Shortcode support<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload the plugin files to \/wp-content\/plugins\/google-plus-author\/<\/code><\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
  3. Go to Users > Your Profile<\/li>\n
  4. Enter your Google Plus Profile URL<\/li>\n
  5. Use the shortcode [googleplusauthor] or the PHP function<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    How do I use this plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Simply add your Google Plus profile URL in your user profile settings, then use the shortcode [googleplusauthor] in your posts or the PHP function google_plus_author() in your theme.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    2.1<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Security: Added nonce verification for form submissions<\/li>\n
    • Security: Added input sanitization with esc_url_raw() and sanitize_text_field()<\/li>\n
    • Security: Added proper output escaping<\/li>\n
    • Improved: Replaced deprecated get_currentuserinfo() with wp_get_current_user()<\/li>\n
    • Improved: Replaced deprecated update_usermeta() with update_user_meta()<\/li>\n
    • Improved: Added text domain for translations<\/li>\n
    • Improved: WordPress 6.8 compatibility<\/li>\n
    • Fixed: Updated license to GPLv2 or later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      2.0<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Previous version<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Google Plus Profile Picture appear in Google Search. Very Easy to implement. Including Google authorship for multiple authors and multisite.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/16882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16882"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mervinpraison"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=16882"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=16882"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=16882"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=16882"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=16882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}