I’m trying to have a page where a user can view all of the custom post types after they click on an author from a previous page, but I’m having no luck with anything I can find in the built-in PHP functions with WordPress.
Is this some easy to query? I haven’t found much online about it.
2 s
Something like this should work:
// Assuming you've got $author_id set
// and your post type is called 'your_post_type'
$args = array(
'author' => $author_id,
'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
);
$author_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $author_posts->have_posts() ) {
while( $author_posts->have_posts() ) {
$author_posts->the_post();
// title, content, etc
$author_posts->the_title();
$author_posts->the_content();
// you should have access to any of the tags you normally
// can use in The Loop
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}
Reference
WP_Query
class
Using an Author Template file
You can do this inside an Author Template:
author.php
— this file belongs in your theme’s directory
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
<!-- This sets the $curauth variable -->
<?php
$curauth = (isset($_GET['author_name'])) ?
get_user_by('slug', $author_name) :
get_userdata(intval($author));
?>
<h2>About: <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?></h2>
<dl>
<dt>Website</dt>
<dd><a href="<?php echo $curauth->user_url; ?>"><?php echo $curauth->user_url; ?></a></dd>
<dt>Profile</dt>
<dd><?php echo $curauth->user_description; ?></dd>
</dl>
<h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?>:</h2>
<ul>
<!-- The Loop -->
<?php
// Assuming your post type is called 'your_post_type'
$args = array(
'author' => $curauth->ID,
'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
);
$author_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $author_posts->have_posts() ) {
while( $author_posts->have_posts() ) {
$author_posts->the_post();
// title, content, etc
the_title();
the_content();
// you should have access to any of the tags you normally
// can use in The Loop
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}
?>
<!-- End Loop -->
</ul>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
This author.php
template code is shamelessly cribbed from the Codex, and should probably be considered a starting point, not an end product.