This is probably a super simple question. But how do I echo the ID of a user on author.php? I’ve tried the_author_meta(‘ID’) But it didn’t seem to want to work. I want to echo it at the end of a URL, for example; http:///www.domain.com/author/sampleauthor-id Obviously, where “id” is that particular author’s ID Any ideas? 3 … Read more
So the default url to display a list of posts by a particular author looks like this: http://domain.com/author/{username} I am wondering how to change the ‘author’ in that url to something else? I am working on a website for a charter school and they would like to allow each teacher to have a list of … Read more
Hi to the community, is it possible to change the default username slug to nickname if is available? By default the url is something like: http://domain.tld/author/(admin) , is it possible to rewrite and change to http://domain.tld/author/(nickname) so if a user change his nickname from the profile page the slug it will change also to the … Read more
I want to be able to select a subscriber an author of a post in the admin so it displays their name as having written the post, but I do not want to give them any additional privileges (if they login the only thing they can access is their profile). Is there a simple way … Read more
I want to replace get_author_link() and get_the_author_meta($feld) with something equivalent to point to the author of the current post Buddypress user profile page and retrieve a specific profile field from his Buddypress page ie, I just want to show a link to the post user profile and a biography from one of his BP profile … Read more
I submitted my site to Google and now the author page is showing up in the search results. http://www.domain.com/author/myusername How do I prevent my and others author names from showing up in search results? It would be best to disable completely the path “/author/” all together because it’s not a blog but a product site … Read more
I can’t get the post author ID outside the loop to make the get_the_author_meta work. So far I’ve tried different approaches: 1. $author_id=$post->post_author; 2. global $post; $author_id=$post->post_author; 3. $post_tmp = get_post($post_id); $author_id = $post_tmp->post_author; 4. $author_id = $posts[0]->post_author; I need the author ID to pass it on to: $address = get_the_author_meta(‘user_email’, $author_id); Any suggestions? 8 … Read more
I need to place in post edit dashboard metabox with post author e-mail (or other user meta fields). So it can be edited when admin reviews this post. $meta_id = get_the_author_meta( ‘user_email’, $user_id ); $meta_box = array( ‘id’ => ‘my-meta-box’, ‘title’ => ‘DANE FIRMY’, ‘page’ => ‘post’, ‘context’ => ‘normal’, ‘priority’ => ‘high’, ‘fields’ => … Read more
I need to display the online status (online/offline) for each author page (custom author page template). is_user_logged_in() only applies to the current user and I can’t find a relevant approach targeting the current author e.g. is_author_logged_in() Any ideas? One Trick Pony was kind enough to prepare the coding for two to three functions using transients, … Read more
