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1. gmd8
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi There- I'm creating a WordPress theme and am trying to figure out if the author of a post's bio is blank so that I won't have a big blank area in my theme- it the author does have a filled in bio, I'd like to display it. On my single post files, I have this test code, but it is always reading that the author does not have a description. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

   <?php
   
   if ( empty($curauth->description) ) {
   	echo 'This author does not have a description.';
   } else {
   	echo 'This author does have a description.';
   }
   
   ?>

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Do you have this before that if test?
   

   $curauth = get_userdata($post->post_author); //get data for current post author

3. gmd8
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I used something very similar to that with $curauth but not that- after replacing the code with that, it works! Thanks!

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