Staff List

Block Settings

Heading Level: Select the correct accessible heading level for your page. If you are unsure about which heading level is correct for your page, visit our Heading tutorial for information.

Add Staff Members By: This allows you to either add staff members by their Name, Role or to Show All staff members.

Staff Roles/Names: If you select to Add Staff Members by Role or Name, you’ll get a repeater that allows you to add one or more roles or names to your staff list block. This option does not appear if you selected Show All.

Display Options: Allows you display staff members as either a List, or a 3 or 4 column grid.

Link to Individual Profile Pages: (Updated 9/5/2024) Enables a “View Bio” button that links to a unique page for any staff members who have a Public Profile. This page will contain all the information included in the staff list page as well an any additional information you’ve added using the Gutenberg editor.

Display Bio: In narrow Grid views, the bio can be lengthy. If you choose not to display Bios, be sure to enable Link to Individual Profile Pages so that the Bio information is available by clicking into the staff member page.

Adding a Staff Member

Before a staff member can be added to the block, it must first be added as a custom post type on the back-end of the website. You can find the Staff custom post type on the left sidebar of the back-end of your site.

Simply click on “Staff” and then “Add New Staff Member“

This will take you to the Staff Member Edit page.

Title: The name of the staff member that will appear in the selector.

• First Name: If a middle initial or middle name is important, please include that here.
• Last Name
• Job Title [Optional]: This primary title will appear in bold.
• Additional Titles [Optional]: Useful for endowed titles, directorships, etc.
• Area of Expertise [Optional]: This should be a concise sentence on your area of expertise. It appears on the grid and list view.
• Pronouns [Optional]: The preferred pronouns of the staff member.
• Education [Optional] This is hidden on grid views if Display Bio is set to No. Detailed Education can also be added into the block editor.
• Email [Optional]: This will create a hyperlink on the front-end.
• Personal Website or Other Contact Method [Optional]: This will create a hyperlink on the front-end to a URL (contact form, website, etc.)
• Phone Number [Optional]
• Office Location [Optional]
• Photo [Optional] Recommended image size is 500 x 500 pixels, but the theme will crops your images to a square when you upload it. If you don’t like the result, it’s helpful to crop your image square before uploading.
• CV File Upload [Optional]: Provides a way to include a downloadable CV file. A PDF is the recommended file format.
• Bio [Optional]: This legacy Bio field can be toggled off or on depending on the view. You can also consider adding your detailed Biographical information to the block editor.

Role: Don’t forget to add your staff member to an existing Role on the right-hand sidebar of the edit page. You can create a new role by clicking on “Add New Role”. This allows you to group staff members by department or other criteria on the front-end. The role is not displayed on the staff pages.

Specialization [Optional]: Any specializations you add will be displayed in the grid and list view as well as the individual staff member page.

Create Public Profile Page: Updated 9/5/2024 Standalone staff pages are no longer created by default . If you’d like a staff member to have a public profile page, click Yes.

Gutenberg Editor: The Staff pages all include a full Gutenberg Editor so any additional information can be added to a Staff Page. Columns, accordions and all bocks are supported in the editor. Visually the Block editor is above the form field, but will display underneath the primary Staff Information.

Once everything has been added, click “Update” to save your staff member and add it to your block.