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1. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I currently have the author name showing under a post title as defined in single.php:

   By <?php the_author(); ?>

   however, I would like the exclude the author name from certain posts while still showing it in others. is there a way to do this? I was thinking through custom fields, but not sure how.

   alternatively, is it possible to exclude a certain author's name from showing up? ie, if "admin" writes a post, then the author name would not show under the post title, but if someone else is the author, it shows up regularly?

2. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   bump

   any thoughts on how to exclude a certain author name from showing up while others will show regularly?

3. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   upp

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's not as easy as it should be. There's a distinct lack of (non-deprecated) author functions to play with. How about:

   <?php if( the_author_meta( 'nickname' ) != 'admin' ) :?>
   By <?php the_author(); ?>
   <?php endif;?>

   If you had a list of authors, you could possibly set up an array of authors you didn't want to show.

   <?php
   $hide_authors = array( 'admin', 'joe', 'fred' );
   if( !in_array(the_author_meta( 'nickname' ), $hide_authors)) :?>
   By <?php the_author(); ?>
   <?php endif;?>

   But all of the above are just untested ideas...

5. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thanks for the ideas, but neither one seems to work at least set up like that, it seems to show the author name even if its admin.

   unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge over php to know whats wrong with it, any ideas?

6. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   bump, any other ideas?

7. esmi
   Theme Diva & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try user_login instead of nickname. I think it's just a matter of getting the right combination of parameter and comparison string. Obviously, if the site's admin has another login username, you'd need to amend it to suit.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta

   lists all of the possibilities.

8. bage1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   hmm

   I think there might be something else wrong, both of the suggestions seem to show up as "adminBy admin"

9. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Here is a snippet to work with:
   

   <?php if ((get_userdata(intval($author))->ID) != '1') ?>
   By <?php the_author(); ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   Hopefully it will be of some help ...

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