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1. marissawells
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm having an issue with bylines. The editor of the blog I'm developing needs the byline to show only if the author is not Author X.

   So: If author does not equal Author X - display byline

   However, I'm not sure how to test for the author's name/ID in an if statement since it seems that all of the author tags I've tried print the author data on the page, and I need to use it simply for testing.

   Any ideas?

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   <?php define ('AUTHOR_X_ID', '16');
   $author_id = get_the_author_ID();
   
   if ( $author_id != AUTHOR_X_ID ) {
     display byline
   }; ?>

3. marissawells
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Wow, much easier than I expected! Thanks so much!

4. Walker
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How does this work when there is NO FUNCTION called get_the_author_ID()?

5. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If used in a The Loop then something like:
   

   <?php
   $author_id = $post->post_author;
   if ( $author_id != 1 ) {
     //display byline for all but user ID 1
   }
   ?>

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   How do I determine a Post, Page, Category, Tag, Link, Link Category, or User ID?
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