{"id":2869,"date":"2026-03-12T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=2869"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:07:32","slug":"people-tool-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/training\/people-tool-getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Get started with the People Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%\">\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/uri.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=f7403954-01db-438e-b074-b3e8012d65a5&#038;autoplay=false&#038;offerviewer=false&#038;showtitle=true&#038;showbrand=false&#038;captions=false&#038;interactivity=all\" style=\"border: 1px solid #464646; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\" title=\"How to use the People Tool and Add an Image Video\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Use the People Tool and Add an Image<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Go to Your Dashboard<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your WordPress dashboard.<strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Navigate to People<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the left-hand menu, locate and click People.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add or Edit a Person<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click Add New to create a new profile, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click an existing name to edit a profile.<strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add Person Details<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete the required fields, such as:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Title or role<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department or group assignment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact information (if applicable)<strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add an Image<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the settings icon in the top right hand corner and select the Person tab.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Set Featured Image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload a new image or select one from the Media Library.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Set Featured Image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Save the Person Profile<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click Save or Update to publish your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> For profiles to display on a page, each person must be assigned to a group. See <strong>How to Add a Person to a Group<\/strong> for step-by-step instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip: <\/strong>Use square-cropped images to ensure consistent alignment across profiles. A 500 \u00d7 500 px image works best and helps maintain a clean, uniform layout throughout your People page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Use the People Tool and Add an Image Note: For profiles to display on a page, each person must be assigned to a group. See How to Add a Person to a Group for step-by-step instructions. Tip: Use square-cropped images to ensure consistent alignment across profiles. A 500 \u00d7 500 px image works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"parent":2749,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2869"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869\/revisions\/2947"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}