How to Create a Meet the Team Page in WordPress [5 Steps!]

Searching how to create a meet the team page in WordPress but can’t find the answer? This post will show you how to make one using Business Directory today!

Approximate read time: 5.5 minutes

Your team is your most important resource.

And having a WordPress team page explicitly dedicated to them is an essential part of your website. After all, how will anyone know anything about them? But you want an easy way to do it.

Using a meet the team plugin is the simplest way to showcase your team, and Business Directory is just the plugin to do it.

In this post, we’ll show you how to easily create a meet the team page in WordPress so you can have one on your site today!

Let’s get started.

How to create a WordPress team members page

If you haven’t created a WordPress site yet, you should do that first.

Assuming you’ve done this step, log in to your WordPress dashboard to start. We’ll handle everything from one place to make things easy. Next, you’ll want to install and activate the Business Directory plugin from WordPress.

There are 5 easy steps:

1. Create a directory listing page
2. Configure the meet the team WordPress plugin
3. Create categories to organize your WordPress meet the team page
4. Customize the staff directory item fields
5. Add employee information to the directory

Let’s begin.

Step 1: Create a directory listing page

First things first, we’ll need a page to display our team members.

Luckily, this is simple with Business Directory. As soon as you activate the plugin, you’ll receive a notification with an option to create a new page.

The other option is to create a page yourself, then use a piece of shortcode.

You can use other shortcodes, but [businessdirectory] will work for now. For more information, check out our list of Business Directory shortcodes.

Step 2: Configure the meet the team WordPress plugin

To edit your settings, go to your WordPress admin, then find Directory → Settings.

We won’t need to change much here now. We do want to adjust the ability to submit a listing. After all, this is your team showcase, not a place for people to add their own.

So, now that you’re in Settings go to Listings → Buttons. Uncheck the ‘Show the “Submit listing” button.’ 

Also, we need to change the expiration date on the listing. As a default, it’s set to 365 days, but we want to change it to forever.

So, go to Directory → Plans → Free Listing. Then, choose “run listing forever” under “How long should the listing run?”.

Save, and you’re finished in the settings.

Step 3: Create categories to organize your WordPress meet the team page

Do you have different departments in your business?

If not, then feel free to skip this section. But, if you want to be able to sort by each department, this is the section for you.

First, go to Directory → Directory Categories. Then, add, edit, and remove different categories based on your business. The process is similar to adding WordPress categories.

Pretty simple, right?

Step 4: Customize the staff directory item fields

Now we want to manage what custom fields are listed for each team member on the search and main page, like managing different post types on a website.

To do this, go to Directory → Manage Form Fields. You can customize the field labels to whatever you want, but we’ll give you some examples from the best team members showcases.

1. Change Listing Title to Member Name.
2. Change Listing Category to Department.
3. Change Short Description to Job Title.
4. Keep Description the same.

Feel free to add any that will fit your business. For example, many team member pages feature social icons and unique designs (no CSS needed).

The power is in your hands.

Step 5: Add employee information to the directory

Now, we’ll add your fantastic team members to the directory for your site.

To start, go to Directory → Add New Listing. This is your page builder for each team member.

To start, type your team member’s name into the title box. You can type out a team member bio in the main text box. And the excerpt field will serve as the team member’s job title. Last, choose the department from the category on the sidebar.

But what if you’d like your team members to be able to submit their own?

Easy. Simply create a new WordPress page and add [businessdirectory-submit-listing] to the page, then publish.

Now you (or your team members) can visit the page and add to the team.

If you want more customization, you can check out additional WordPress team page templates Business Directory offers to make your page look even more unique.

And that’s it! Your showcase is ready! Pretty easy with the simplest meet the team plugin for WordPress, right?

How do I add meet the team on WordPress?

If you didn’t do it in step 1, you must create a new WordPress page.

Next, type [businessdirectory] into the content section of the page, and hit Publish.

And that’s it, your team will be displayed on WordPress.

Why Business Directory is the only WordPress meet the team plugin you need

The free version of Business Directory is the perfect meet the team builder plugin, but the pro version takes it even further.

Here are some of the top features in the premium plan:

• Category Images. Want to have a dedicated picture for each work department? Make each one look more professional with category images.
• File uploads. CVs, multimedia, or documents, no matter what you’re uploading, we can handle it.
• Migration. Need to migrate existing listing data and settings? No problem with our migrator module available in Pro and higher packages.
• Premium Themes. Let us do the hard work for you. You simply post your team members, and we’ll make everything look great. It’s like having a meet-the-team page template in WordPress.

And, if you have an existing theme (like Elementor), Business Directory is fully compatible with it and ready to go.

Those are just some of the features we offer in our premium plans. Be sure to visit our pricing page to see everything you get.

Wrapping up

You want to give your team members the praise and recognition they deserve.

That’s why finding a great team members showcase plugin is critical. With today’s post, you learned how Business Directory can help you build the page to display your team, the pro version offers even more.

Let us know in the comments if you found this post helpful! And be sure to check out the list of the best team member plugins for your WordPress website.

Business Directory Plugin premium plans are risk-free. We offer a 14-day full money-back guarantee. No questions asked! Get Business Directory Plugin now and launch your employee directory website today!

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