Google+ Author Information in Search Results (Free Version)

Version: 0.8.0

Replaces the author link with your Google+ Profile Link, adds a special link after every blogpost or adds a special meta tag in your websites HTML hea

Note that Google no longer shows authorship information on search results. Due to this fact I will no longer update this plugin.

I've built another easy and free WordPress plugin. It will help you to integrate a special link into your posts and pages so that Google can match your content with your Google+ Profile. Once this is done your profile picture will appear in Googles search results and/or on Google News. Please note: Google says that there is no guarantee that a Rich Snippet will be shown for your page on actual search results and/or Google News. If your profile picture does not show after some days, please read my answer on Google+ Author Snippet Photo not showing in search.

A) Set up authorship by linking your content to your Google+ profile

Create a Google+ Profile (http://plus.google.com)
Follow this link to open your Google+ profile: http://plus.google.com/me
Copy your Profile-URL from the address bar to clipboard
Go to your WordPress Admin Panel and click Users » Your Profile. Paste the above mentioned URL to the field where it says „Google Plus Author Link“.
Click Update Profile.
Repeat the above steps with all the other WordPress authors on your blog.

B) Add a reciprocal link back 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
In the dialog that appears, click Add custom link, and then enter your website URL.
If you want, click the drop-down list to specify who can see the link.
Click Save.

C) Test

To see what author data Google can extract from your page, use the Rich Snippet Testing Tool.

D) Anything doesn't work out?

Read the Google+ Authorship FAQ here (for the PRO-Version but should help you as well)

E) Need more options?

Buy the extended edition of this plugin!

F) Need support?

Unfortunately we can not offer support for free plugins. Please buy the Pro version to get support. Thank you!

G) Looking for a WordPress Theme which fully supports schema.org microdata?

Check out the Schema.org WordPress Theme

H) Please help to translate the plugin Just make a copy of the gpaisr.po file (which you can find in the /lang/ folder of the plugin) and translate it using a translation tool like PoEdit.

Translations:

de_DE by Flow @ WP-Buddy
es_ES by Andrew @ WebHostinghub

If you have any further questions, please

go to the support-forum of this plugin.
if you need support by the author of this plugin, please buy the extended edition. Thanks very much!

Any questions?

Unfortunately we can not offer support for free plugins. Please buy the Pro version to get support. Thank you!
Read the Google+ Authorship FAQ here (for the PRO-Version but should help you as well)
Follow this link to get support by the community: http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-author-information-in-search-results-wordpress-plugin

0.8.0

Added uninstall.php
Added an admin notice to show the user that Google no longer shows author information in search results.
Removed some meta boxes on the settings page that are no longer needed.
Updated language files

0.7.5

Language Updates

0.7.4

Added es_ES translation. Thanks to Andrew @ WebHostinghub

0.7.3

In general: make the plugin compatible with WP 3.8
Removed screen icon because it's no longer supported by WP 3.8
Fixed the issue that the settings page wants to scroll to the left

0.7.2

Fixed an issue where the link was shown on category pages, too
Now using WordPress internal Google+ link field on profile pages
Updated German language file

0.7.1

Some bugfixes

0.7

Removed some deprecated WordPress function and replaced it
Added some helpful links; updated these links

0.6

Added the rel="author"-Tag to the link
The help section has been redesigned so that it is now easier to connect the link to the Google+ profile.
Added a help text that indicates that Google does not like hidden links.
The Button to use the "rich snippets testing tool" works again.
A code-improvement prevents WordPress to generate a PHP-Warning when the help text was collapsed.

0.5

Added the possibility to hide the link in RSS Feeds

0.4

All Javascripts will now be loaded via https
The open-in-a-new-window option will no work as expected
Using the WordPress built in metabox-functions to render the settings page

0.3

It's now possible to open the link in a new window (only applied when the link is shown after the content).
It's now possible to customize the links name (only applied when the link is shown after the content).

0.2

Solves the problem that the plugin shows a fatal error during activation (this was because it cannot find the right path)

0.1

The first version