Authors
Authors represent the people behind your content. Every piece of content published from OptiPub — whether on a website, in an email, or via SMS — is associated with an author. Each author is linked to an OptiPub user account and belongs to a specific publication, so the same user can be an author on multiple publications with different display names, bios, and images.
Navigate to Content → Authors
Creating an Author
Click the Create button to open the author form.
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Publication | Yes | The publication this author belongs to. A user can be added as an author on multiple publications |
| User | Yes | The OptiPub user account to associate with this author |
| Author Group | Yes | The group this author belongs to (e.g. Editor, Contributor, Copywriter) |
| Display Name | Yes | The public-facing name shown on websites and content |
| Active | Yes | Whether this author is active. Inactive authors cannot be assigned to new content |
| Display on Website | Yes | Whether this author appears on the public website via the optipub-authors element |
| Title | No | The author's title or role (e.g. "Senior Editor", "Medical Reviewer") |
| Location | No | The author's location |
| Blurb | No | A short description of the author, useful for bylines and author cards |
| Bio | No | A longer biography for the author's full profile |
| Website Image | No | An image from Assets used on the website |
| Newsletter Image | No | An image from Assets used in email newsletters |
Author Ranking
When an author is marked as both Active and Display on Website, a ranking panel appears on the edit form. Drag and drop authors to set the order they appear in on the public website. Rankings are scoped to the publication, so each publication maintains its own author order.
Author Groups
Author groups let you organize authors into categories such as Editor, Contributor, or Copywriter. Groups can be used to filter authors on the website and in the API.
Navigate to Settings → Author Categories (under the Administration module)
Groups support a parent–child hierarchy, so you can nest sub-groups under a parent category. Each author must belong to exactly one group.
Public API
Published authors (both Active and Display on Website) are available through the frontend API at /api/v1/authors. The API returns author details along with their user profile, social links, images, group, and associated resources.
You can also display authors on your website pages using the built-in page builder elements:
<optipub-authors>— renders a list of authors for a publication, with an optional group filter<optipub-author>— renders a single author by ID
Updated 18 days ago