Staffora – Staff Directory and Profiles for WordPress

About this product

Staffora is a WordPress plugin for creating organised staff directories and professional profile pages. Suitable for universities, schools, businesses, and other organisations, it makes staff information easy to publish, manage, and find.

Key Features

• Grid and list layouts with centred portraits, names, roles, and department labels.
• Detailed profiles with biographies, qualifications, office locations, and public contact details.
• Social and professional links with icons, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, ORCID, and Google Scholar.
• Search, filters, and pagination to help visitors find staff.
• Departments and staff groups for organising teams.
• Custom display order for leadership and other staff listings.
• Theme colours and fonts, with optional colour overrides.
• Full-width pages without sidebars, with responsive layouts for phones and tablets.
• Initials avatars when a portrait is unavailable.
• Secure staff management using WordPress permissions, protected saves, and validated inputs.

How to Use

1. Install and activate Staffora.
2. Go to Staff → Add staff member.
3. Enter the name, biography, portrait, role, and optional contact or social details.
4. Assign departments or staff groups, then publish.
5. Visit the built-in staff directory or add to a page using a Shortcode.
6. Adjust the appearance under Staff → Settings & usage.

Shortcode examples:

[staffora] – Display the directory.

[staffora layout="list"] – Display a list with biography excerpts.

[staffora department="finance"] – Display a specific department using its slug.

Requirements

WordPress 6.5 or later and PHP 8.0 or later.

Current version: 1.1.1
Author: Robert Tumusiime
License: GPL-2.0-or-later