This example jekyll site has 5 authors: John Doe, Jane Doe, test1, test2, test3.
John Doe has 6 posts.
Jane Doe has 10 posts.
test1 has 0 posts.
test2 has 0 posts.
test3 has 0 posts.
test1 & test2 have been excluded for automatic author page generation while test3’s page is auto generated without having any posts on their name yet. This can be verified by clicking the link on their names above.
The pagination setting in _config.yml is set to 5 posts per page. Hence, the author pages show their respective posts and when the number exceeds the per page limit, a pagination trail is shown for navigation.
This is done using the jekyll-auto-authors plugin. Please read the setup article to learn more.