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1. jmhagerman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   All I am trying to do is pass the author ID variable to a query_posts statement so that I can display the last 5 posts by the same author of the existing post but in a different category.

   Here is what I have tried:
   <?php query_posts('show_posts=5&author=post_author->ID&category_name=deals'); ?>

   This obviously isn't working so my question is how do I pass the post_author ID to the 'author' variable?

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try:

   <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=5&author=' .$post->post_author' . '&category_name=deals'); ?>

3. jmhagerman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   esmi,

   That was the ticket! With one exception which I am sure was just a typo - needed to remove the ' after post_author.

   Thanks for your help! I knew it had to be simple...

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