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1. theApe
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How would I make a conditional statement for an authors specific content to show one thing or another depending on whether that certain author has posted to a specific category. For example...

   In the post meta of any post written by 'Jane'. The statement needs to be conditional on whether she has ever posted to a certain category.

   if
   Post count 1+ in cat X ->[Jane has at some point in time posted to X category]
   else
   Post count 0 in cat X ->[Jane has never posted to X category]
   end

   Any help would be appreciated I've not be able to find a conditional tag for whether a category has posts or not in the codex.

2. theApe
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Alternatively, how can I call an authors ID in author archive if they have no posts.

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In a loop you could use:

   <?php
   $userposts = get_posts('cat=3&showposts=-1&author='.$post->post_author);
   $count=count($userposts);
   if ($count) {
   echo '<p>author has this number of posts in category 3: ' .$count . '</p>';
   } else {
   echo '<p>author has no posts in category 3</p>';
   }
   ?>

4. theApe
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   $userposts = get_posts('cat=3&showposts=-1&author='.$post->post_author);
   $count=count($userposts);
   if ($count)

   Thank you! That was exactly what I needed!

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