From 8baed345eb1489f378db1a5e0768b25c7c25659a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Danilo M." <danix@danix.xyz>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:08:56 +0200
Subject: feat: expand author widget to article stats (words, reading time,
 type)

---
 i18n/en.yaml                  |  2 ++
 i18n/it.yaml                  |  2 ++
 layouts/partials/sidebar.html | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index 23b7b6b..8e6a186 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ updated: "Updated"
 readingTime: "reading time"
 min: "min"
 author: "Author"
+words: "words"
+articleStats: "article"
 category: "Category"
 categories: "Categories"
 tag: "Tag"
diff --git a/i18n/it.yaml b/i18n/it.yaml
index 8606ffa..76e5a54 100644
--- a/i18n/it.yaml
+++ b/i18n/it.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ updated: "Aggiornato"
 readingTime: "tempo di lettura"
 min: "min"
 author: "Autore"
+words: "parole"
+articleStats: "articolo"
 category: "Categoria"
 categories: "Categorie"
 tag: "Tag"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
index a2225f1..2db058f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
@@ -1,10 +1,45 @@
 <aside class="order-last md:order-none md:col-span-1">
-  <!-- Author info widget (optional - can be expanded) -->
+  <!-- Article stats widget -->
   <div class="sidebar-widget">
-    <p class="sidebar-widget-label"># {{ i18n "author" }}</p>
-    <p class="text-text-dim text-sm leading-relaxed">
-      {{ .Site.Params.author }}
-    </p>
+    <p class="sidebar-widget-label"># {{ i18n "articleStats" }}</p>
+
+    {{ if .Params.image }}
+    <img
+      src="{{ .Params.image }}"
+      alt="{{ .Title }}"
+      loading="lazy"
+      class="w-full rounded mb-4 object-cover max-h-40"
+    >
+    {{ end }}
+
+    <ul class="space-y-2 text-sm text-text-dim">
+      <li class="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <i data-feather="user" class="w-4 h-4 shrink-0"></i>
+        <span>{{ .Site.Params.author }}</span>
+      </li>
+      <li class="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <i data-feather="file-text" class="w-4 h-4 shrink-0"></i>
+        <span>{{ .WordCount }} {{ i18n "words" }}</span>
+      </li>
+      {{ if .Site.Params.readingTime }}
+      <li class="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <i data-feather="clock" class="w-4 h-4 shrink-0"></i>
+        <span>{{ .ReadingTime }} {{ i18n "min" }} {{ i18n "readingTime" }}</span>
+      </li>
+      {{ end }}
+      {{ $articleType := .Params.type | default "" }}
+      {{ $typeConfig := .Site.Params.articleTypes }}
+      {{ $typeData := index $typeConfig $articleType }}
+      {{ if and $typeData $articleType }}
+      <li class="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <i data-feather="tag" class="w-4 h-4 shrink-0"></i>
+        <span
+          class="inline-flex items-center px-2 py-0.5 rounded text-xs font-mono font-semibold"
+          style="background-color: var(--type-{{ $articleType }}); color: var(--type-{{ $articleType }}-text);"
+        >{{ i18n $articleType }}</span>
+      </li>
+      {{ end }}
+    </ul>
   </div>
 
   <hr class="sidebar-hr">
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