Importance Of User Profiles


Admin user is, by default, created with the ‘WordPress’ installation. You can have as many users as you want; each may have a profile. The profiles can be attached to the posts, pages and comments on the website. These profiles are publicly available to allow you to share information. You can edit the information in the profile anytime, and changes are immediately reflected where your profile is displayed. From the admin panel, the profile can be created and edited by clicking the “your profile” option. 

The profile is categorized as: ‘Personal options’, ‘Name’, ‘contact info’ and ‘About yourself’. In your profile, you can enter your name, email address, website name, AIM, yahoo or jabber id, and the term to be displayed publicly on posts and pages, for which it provides you the list box from which you can choose. You can’t change the user name; if you have created the admin user and want to eliminate that, create another user with admin rights, log in with that new user and delete the admin user.

CPWebHosting recommends that each user create two more social profiles:

Google+ profile at plus.google.com

It allows you to link your content with your Google+ profile. If you already have a Gmail ID, open the site:

http://plus.google.com

Login with your Gmail ID and password.

Open your Google+ profile by following this link:

http://plus.google.com/me

Copy your Profile-URL from the address bar to the clipboard.

Go to your WordPress Admin Panel and click Users » Your Profile. Paste the URL above to the field that says “Google Plus Author Link “.

Click Update Profile.

Add a reciprocal link from your profile to the site you just updated.

Follow this link to edit the Contributor To section: http://plus.google.com/me/about/edit/co.

Click the Add Custom link in the dialogue, then enter your website URL.

If you want, click the drop-down list to specify who can see the link.

Click Save.

Gravatar User Profile at Gravatar.com

Gravatar stands for ‘Globally recognized avatar’. It allows you to display your image across the web. Click on the signup button on the site and enter the email address you want to use. Gravatar will send an email for confirmation; click on the activate link there. After that, provide the username and password twice and click on the signup. Add an image to your Gravatar account and then select that image to be associated with your email address. Edit your profile and enter your contact information.