---
title: "Blog authors: manage your writer profiles"
description: "Create author profiles for your blog and link them to your articles to add context, build credibility and group each writer's publications together."
url: https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/blogs-authors
---

# Authors

The **Authors** page brings together the profiles of the people who write the [articles](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/blogs-articles.md) on your blog. Linking an author to each article adds context and credibility to your content, and lets readers find every article signed by the same person.

Come here whenever you welcome a new writer to your team, update the photo or role of an existing author, or want to remove an author from public display without deleting them permanently.

The dashboard is shown in French, with English captions.

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  video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors"
  src="https://docs.vivlab.com/videos/blogs-authors/blogs-authors.mp4"
  poster="/videos/blogs-authors/poster.webp"
  captions="/videos/blogs-authors"
  label="Tutorial: create an active blog author"
  locale="en"
  :duration="25.65"
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::: details Read the video steps

1. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="0" label="Play at" /> — In Authors, click “Create an author”.
2. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="3" label="Play at" /> — Add a portrait for the author.
3. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="4.3" label="Play at" /> — Open the Pexels library.
4. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="5.5" label="Play at" /> — Search for a suitable portrait.
5. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="8.15" label="Play at" /> — Select the photo of the craftswoman in her studio.
6. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="10.15" label="Play at" /> — The portrait is imported into the profile.
7. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="11.65" label="Play at" /> — Enter the author’s name.
8. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="13.95" label="Play at" /> — Add her role in the workshop.
9. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="16.25" label="Play at" /> — Briefly introduce the author.
10. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="20.45" label="Play at" /> — Click “Save”.
11. <VideoTimecode video-id="walkthrough-blogs-authors" :seconds="22.65" label="Play at" /> — Camille appears with her portrait and Visible status.

:::

## Author list

This section lists all your authors with their name, role and state. Each author can be linked to several articles. By ticking several authors you can activate, deactivate or delete them, or export them to a CSV file.

Click **Create an author** to add one. The profile brings together the **Author name** (as it will appear under articles), the **Author role** (for example _Marketing manager_), the **Author portrait**, a short **Description** and the **Author status**.

A disabled author no longer appears on published articles, but their bylines remain saved: you can reactivate them at any time. Click on a row to edit an existing author. To permanently delete an author, open their profile and confirm the deletion, this action cannot be undone.

<DocsScreenshot name="blogs-authors-profile" alt="An author’s photo, name, role and description." :width="678" :height="590" />