Crusco Author Bio Box

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Get Crusco Author Bio Box (v1.2.0)

Introduction

Authors, Authoring & Content, Blog, Content infos

The authors' biography is an important part of any blog, news website, and magazine.
In Joomla, there is no comprehensive management of this feature, unless you decide to venture into modifying Joomla's core files and overriding views and templates, which, as we know, are difficult to keep working with successive updates.

The Crusco Author Bio Box extension integrates with Joomla's user management, allowing you to manage Author biographies, even in Multiple languages, and display them in articles (and elsewhere) within beautiful Customizable author boxes.
It supports dozens Social media platforms and additional options for SEO and Accessibility.

(Some of the) Features

Multilanguage biographies
Customized structure and colors
Editing also from the front end
Author box can be placed anywhere
SEO/Accessibility Options
28 social media platforms supported
Coded using pure CMS Joomla framework

To read all the features, visit the download page or the how-to guide.

Translations

The Extension is translated into the following languages:

Italian
English
German
Spanish
French
Russian
Chinese

Changelog

v1.2.0 changes
- Added Joomla! 6 compatibility
- Fixed issues with loading some translated texts

v1.1.0 changes
- Added option to also display the category author in blog and list layouts.
- Changed some translation strings.
- Improved code for author biography box rendering.

v1.0.1 changes
- New social media added: ArtStation, Mastodon, Substack.

Write a review

As good as, if not better than, the plugin I tried on WP

Belda Beaulé (5).
Posted on 04 November 2025

Functionality

This plugin is clearly inspired by the one found on WP, from which it inherits all the best features and adds some new ones.

Ease of use

Simple and user-friendly, unless you are a complete newbie.
Simple and user-friendly, unless you are a complete newbie.

Support

I didn't Need to contact them, but I saw supporto for Joomla 6 arrived quickly, so it's fine for me.

Documentation

The website feature a comprehensive howto guide covering every aspect of the extension.

I used this to: A website hosts guest posting article, but I Will also use It for other websites

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