Creating a Staff Member
Navigate to Staff → Add New Staff to open the new staff member screen.
Standard Fields
Name — The staff member's full name. This is the post title; the placeholder text reads "Name".
Permalink — Auto-generated URL slug based on the name. Click Edit to change it.
Editor (Bio) — Visual/text editor for the staff member's biography or profile content. Supports all standard WordPress editor features including shortcodes.
Excerpt — Optional short summary displayed above the staff profile section.
Featured Image (Photo) — The staff member's photo. The meta box label reads "Photo". Upload or select an image from the media library using Select Photo.
User Account
The Author meta box links this staff record to a WordPress user account. Selecting a user grants that user permission to edit their own staff profile page. Only existing WordPress users appear in this dropdown. To create a new user first, go to Users → Add New, then return to edit the staff record.
Attributes
Order — Numeric field that controls the default display sequence when staff are sorted by menu order (ascending). This field appears when the Staff Directories module is active.
Twitter (Pro — requires Twitter module)
Username — Enter a Twitter handle (with or without the
@prefix) to display that account's tweets on the staff profile. The value is stored as thesp_twitterpost meta key with the@stripped.
Shortcode
The Shortcode sidebar panel displays a ready-to-copy embed code in the format [staff_profile id="X"] that you can paste into any post, page, or text widget.
Details
These fields appear in the Details sidebar meta box:
Jobs — One or more terms from the
sp_roletaxonomy. Displayed before the staff member's name in directories. Click Add New below the selector if no jobs exist yet.Nationality — One or more nationalities selected from a grouped dropdown organised by continent. Multiple selections are allowed.
Current Teams — Teams this staff member presently belongs to. Stored as
sp_current_teampost meta.Past Teams — Former team associations. Stored as
sp_past_teampost meta.Leagues — One or more leagues (the
sp_leaguetaxonomy) to associate this staff member with.Seasons — One or more seasons (the
sp_seasontaxonomy) to associate this staff member with.
Contact Info (Pro — requires Staff Directories module)
The Contact Info sidebar meta box is added by the Staff Directories module:
Phone — Phone number stored as
sp_phonepost meta. Displays a telephone link icon if a value is present.Email — Email address stored as
sp_emailpost meta. Displays a mail link icon if a value is present.
Publishing
Click Publish to make the staff member's profile live. Use Save Draft to save without publishing. The standard WordPress visibility and scheduling controls are available in the Publish meta box.