Guest author "about" info not displayed

Resolved Josh
(@jnadal)

11 years, 4 months ago
Guest author bio information is not showing up in my “about author” boxes. See this article for example. The about author info appears to be for whoever the previous ‘real’ user/author was.

This is the code my theme uses to call the author box info:
```
<section id="author-info">
	<header>
		<h3>
			<?php
				printf( __( 'About the Author: <a href="%s" rel="author">%s</a>', 'btp_theme' ),
					esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
					get_the_author()
				);
			?>
		</h3>
	</header>
	<div>
		<p id="author-avatar"><?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('email'), 80 ); ?></p>
		<p id="author-description"><?php the_author_meta('description'); ?></p>
	</div>
</section>
```
This works fine for regular authors (it doesn’t display multiple author bios, but that’s a separate issue I haven’t tackled yet), but not for guest authors.

I’ve tried replacing “the_author_meta” with a few CoAuthor variables, but nothing seems to work. I’ve poked around the plugin code a bit but haven’t been able to make much headway.

Any suggestions? I’m hoping I just missed a variable somewhere…

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co-authors-plus/

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Gary Sands
(@garyd-1)

11 years, 4 months ago
You’ll have to loop through the multiple authors. This works, but there’s no formatting, but might help you get the right variables in the right places.
```
<?php if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' ) ) { ?>

<?php if ( 1 == count( get_coauthors( get_the_id() ) ) ): ?>

<?php the_author_meta( 'display_name' ); ?><br  />
<?php the_author_meta( 'user_email' ); ?><br  />
<?php the_author_meta( 'description' ); ?><br  />
<?php else: ?>

<?php $coauthors = get_coauthors(); ?>
<?php foreach( $coauthors as $coauthor ) : ?>
<?php echo $coauthor->display_name;?><br />
<?php echo $coauthor->user_email;?><br />
<?php echo $coauthor->description;?><br /><br />
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } else { ?>

<?php the_author() ?>
<?php } ?>
```
So it checks if the plugin is installed, then counts the number of authors (id’s) associated with this post. If there’s one then the next few lines are executed. More than one author then it loops through each one. Finally if the plugin isn’t installed it just goes on to the usual wordpress stuff.

Sorry about the formatting, been a long day.
joecap1
(@joecap1)

11 years, 3 months ago

I am using Wp Biographia….I would like to have that plugin display a bio meta box on the post for each author….I have co-authors plus installed and both authors are added properly…

How do I get WP Biographia and Co-Authors plus to work together so that there are two bios being pulled in…

http://www.omnimedfinancial.com/disability-insurance-for-physicians/

joecap1
(@joecap1)

11 years, 3 months ago

So, still one WP Biographia bio box showing….The article is by two authors (per the co-authors plus settings)….

What am I doing wrong????…only one bio showing…

Plugin Author Daniel Bachhuber
(@danielbachhuber)

11 years, 3 months ago

@joecap1 Please don’t hijack existing threads.

joecap1
(@joecap1)

11 years, 3 months ago

hijack…..strong choice of words.

joecap1
(@joecap1)

11 years, 3 months ago

I am just trying to get this figured out….sorry if i posted in the wrong place or if i posted too often….

Do you know of any way to get two author boxes to appear in Genesis theme that shows social links, using your plugin?

Moderator Jan Dembowski
(@jdembowski)

Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

11 years, 3 months ago

@joecap, please start your own thread with your own details.

http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/co-authors-plus#postform

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