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November 29, 2025· 1 min · Gautham Chettiar

Displays the page author name with optional icon.

Location : layouts/_partials/widgets/meta/author.html

Parameters :

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`page`	Page	Page context	required
`site`	Site	Site context	required
`class`	string	Additional CSS classes	-
`key`	string	Config key for visibility	`"Author"`

Configuration :

yaml
params:
  showAuthor: true      # Show/hide author
  showAuthorIcon: true  # Show/hide author icon

Front Matter :

yaml
---
author: "Jane Doe"  # Page-specific author
---

If not specified in front matter, falls back to site-level author:

yaml
# hugo.yaml
params:
  author: "Site Author"

Examples :

go
// Basic usage
{{ partial "widgets/meta/author.html" (dict "page" . "site" .Site) }}

// With custom class
{{ partial "widgets/meta/author.html" (dict 
  "page" . 
  "site" .Site 
  "class" "post-author"
) }}

// In metadata flex layout
{{ $metadata := slice 
  (partial "widgets/meta/author.html" (dict "page" . "site" .Site))
  (partial "widgets/meta/date.html" (dict "page" . "site" .Site))
}}
{{ partial "layouts/flex.html" (dict 
  "items" $metadata 
  "separator" " · "
) }}