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1. Philip
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   hi to community,

   i have twirl my brain all day to find how i can show a button or something else inside a loop (single.php) if the logged in user is the author of the post.

   i have try all the conditional tags in the documentation...but with no luck...

   now i try this:
   

   <?php
   global $current_user;
   get_currentuserinfo();
   if (is_user_logged_in() && (current_user_can('edit_posts') || $current_user->ID == $post->post_author) ) {
   echo 'button or something';
   }
   ?>

   but with this every logged in member can see the "button or something",

   does anyone know how i can do this?

   thanks a lot,
   Philip

2. Philip
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   ok, i found what i need/you need to do for this....

   first step:
   need to get the ID of the user viewing the page

   second step:
   need to check the ID against $post->post_author and echo some content

   so how to compile this:
   1. before the loop get the ID of the user viewing the page
   

   <?php
   global $current_user;
   get_currentuserinfo();
   ?>

   2. inside your loop check the ID against $post->post_author
   

   <?php
   if ($post->post_author == $current_user->ID)
   echo 'AUTHOR CONTENT HERE';
   ?>

   i know a lot of people searching a solution for this, hope you enjoy it...:)

   love you WordPress,
   all the best!!!

   Philip

3. Profusion
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Great Post

   Just what I needed - thanks

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