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1. cent
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi.

   I set up a few friends as authors on my blog. I would like to have a Page in which it shows a number of blocks. Each block would contain:
   - Author Name
   - Author About Info
   - Last 5 posts by that Author

   My problem is that I don't know how to create the loop necessary.

   I know I can get the list of authors with:
   <?php wp_list_authors('show_fullname=1&optioncount=1'); ?>

   And their About info with
   <?php the_author_description(); ?>

   And their Last 5 posts with
   <?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?>

   I know I will need to create some kind of Loop which will:
   - Query DB for authors

   Start: Loop 1
   - Set some type of author id variable
   - Get the Author's about info

   Start: Loop 2
   - Query archives to find their last 5 posts
   End: Loop 2

   End: Loop 1

   Any help would be appreciated.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates
   This helps?

3. cent
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi Moshu,

   That got me started a little. I want to be display all of the authors on a single page with the last 5 posts beneath each respective author.

   Here's what I was able to pull together from other posts:

   <!--
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/50007?replies=6
//-->
<?php
global $wpdb;
$authors = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT user_id FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'wp_capabilities' AND meta_value REGEXP \"author|administrator\"");
foreach($authors as $author) :
query_posts("author=$author&showposts=1");
if(have_posts()) the_post();
?>
<h3>Latest post from <?php the_author(); ?></h3>
<?php
wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5&show_post_count=true');
?>
Read all posts by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
<?php
endif;
endforeach;
?>


   However, it doesn't work at all.

   Anyone have any ideas I can try?

   Thx
   Cent

4. cent
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   can anyone provide some more direction? Thanks!

5. noooneh
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i remember there was a plugin i downloaded lately but lost with format.... you just put the number of last posts to display... anyone knows it?.. it was called "Posts-by-author" i think!!

6. noooneh
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i found the plugin..
   This is exactly what you're looking for, folks....

   http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/posts-by-author-plugin-for-wordpress/

   Check it out..... and damn it's resolved now buddy

   Noooneh

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