diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/api.ts b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/api.ts
index 6270cea8..d1e2122a 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ app.get('/', async (c) => {
   queryParams.category && (query.category_slug = queryParams.category);
   queryParams.excludeRecent &&
     (query.exclude_recent = queryParams.excludeRecent);
+  queryParams.excludeCategory &&
+    (query.exclude_category = queryParams.excludeCategory);
 
   const result = await client.getPosts(query);
 
@@ -43,7 +45,6 @@ app.get('/:slug', async (c) => {
   const client = new WpPosts(c.var.createWPClient({ namespace: 'al/v1' }));
 
   const result = await client.getBySlug(slug);
-
   return c.json(toArticle(result.data));
 });
 
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/dtos.ts b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
index 638d3c13..220605c0 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface WPPostDto {
   };
   acf: {
     reading_time: string | number;
-    difficulty: string;
+    difficulty: 'beginner' | 'intermediate' | 'advanced';
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/mappers.ts b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
index 0ad05c59..f4abbdd1 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/articles/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ export const toArticlePreviewList = (dtos: WPPostDto[]): ArticlePreview[] => {
 
 export const toArticle = (dto?: WPPostDetailsDto): Article => {
   const title = cheerio.load(dto.title.rendered || '');
+
   const content = sanitizeHtml(dto?.content.rendered || '', {
-    allowedTags: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags.concat(['img']),
+    allowedTags: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags.concat(['img', 'iframe']),
     allowedAttributes: {
       img: [
         'src',
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export const toArticle = (dto?: WPPostDetailsDto): Article => {
         'sizes',
       ],
       a: ['href'],
+      iframe: ['src'],
     },
     allowedClasses: {
       pre: ['lang:*'],
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/api.ts b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/api.ts
index 6d5d137e..7abacb4a 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ app.get('/', async (c) => {
   queryParams['sortedTitles'] &&
     (query['sorted_titles'] = queryParams['sortedTitles']);
 
+  queryParams['acfFormat'] && (query['acf_format'] = queryParams['acfFormat']);
+
   const result = await client.getAuthors(query);
 
   return c.json(<ArrayResponse<Author>>{
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/dtos.ts b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
index f80b7788..4882bc73 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/dtos.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export interface WPAuthorDto {
   description: string;
   acf: {
     al_position: string;
+    acf_avatar: string;
     al_github_nickname: string;
     al_twitter_handle: string;
     al_linkedin_id: string;
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/mappers.ts b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
index 1f84ca57..a15e4cdf 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/mappers.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ export const toAuthor = (dto: WPAuthorDto): Author => {
       pl: dto.acf.user_description_pl,
       en: dto.acf.user_description_en,
     },
-    avatarUrl:
-      Object.entries(dto.avatar_urls).find(([, url]) =>
-        url.includes('96'),
-      )?.[1] || Object.values(dto.avatar_urls)[0],
+    avatarUrl: dto.acf.acf_avatar,
     position: dto.acf.al_position,
     github: dto.acf.al_github_nickname || null,
     twitter: dto.acf.al_twitter_handle || null,
diff --git a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/wp-authors.ts b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/wp-authors.ts
index 0b2275fe..34dfa77f 100644
--- a/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/wp-authors.ts
+++ b/libs/blog-bff/authors/api/src/lib/wp-authors.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class WpAuthors {
     return this._wpClient.get<WPAuthorDto[]>('users', {
       slug: slug,
       _fields: 'id,type,slug,name,description,avatar_urls,acf',
+      acf_format: 'standard',
     });
   }
 }