Listed Author is Incorrect. Showing Author for Current Page

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(@plumwd)

I am using the plugin to show a list of posts on one of my pages. All the posts listed are showing the embedded page author, vs the author of the actual post. This list is at the bottom of the linked page. What is the correct way to show the author?

I am using custom HTML. This is my shortcode:

[wpp cat="-10294" excerpt_length=60 limit=3 thumbnail_width=333 thumbnail_height=222 stats_date=1 stats_author=1 post_html='
<ul>
 	<li><article class="post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4">
<div class="fusion-flexslider flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none">
<ul class="slides">
 	<li class="flex-active-slide" style="width: 100%; float: left; margin-right: -100%; position: relative; opacity: 1; display: block; z-index: 2;">{thumb}</li>
</ul>
<ul class="flex-direction-nav">
 	<li class="flex-nav-prev"><a class="flex-prev flex-disabled" tabindex="-1" href="#"></a></li>
 	<li class="flex-nav-next"><a class="flex-next flex-disabled" tabindex="-1" href="#"></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="recent-posts-content">

<span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn">{author}</span></span><span class="updated" style="display: none;">{date}</span>
<h4 class="entry-title">{title}</h4>
<p class="meta">By <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">{author}</span></span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="updated" style="display: none;">{date}</span>{date}<span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span>

{summary}

</div>
</article></li>
</ul>
']

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Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 7 months ago

Hi @plumwd,

That’s odd. Unfortunately I’m not near a computer right now to check. I’ll have a look and get back to you as soon as I can, alright?

Thread Starter plumwd
(@plumwd)

6 years, 7 months ago

Thank you so much Hector! I appreciate your time.
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 7 months ago
Hey @plumwd,

Just played around with your shortcode and for me the list displays the right author for each post as expected:

(I reduced the size of the thumbnail)

See it in action here.

So, we’re either in the presence of a bug (that I cannot reproduce with a fresh WordPress install) or it’s something else 😛
- What version of the plugin are you using?
- WordPress version?
- Active plugins?
- Any other info that might prove useful? (eg. reproduction steps)
- This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by Hector Cabrera.
Thread Starter plumwd
(@plumwd)

6 years, 7 months ago

I’ve confirmed that it is showing the author of the page that the shortcode is embedded in and not the content author.

Does the shortcode need to be in the loop?

On this particular page I just added it to the post editor.

Using WPP 4.2.2
WP 5.1.1

I have many other plugins. We are using Avada for our theme.
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 7 months ago
Nope, the [wpp] shortcode works just like every other shortcode out there. I added it to the post editor as well (Gutenberg in this case but it should work with the “old” editor as well.)

Does it still happen if:
- … you use a different theme as well? (eg. Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Nineteen, etc)
- … all the other plugins are disabled?
Thread Starter plumwd
(@plumwd)

6 years, 7 months ago

When I use a different theme it works. Seems there is a conflict with Avada then.

Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 7 months ago

Alright, that narrows things down a bit. Thanks for the update.

Now, the issue is I don’t have access to a recent version of the Avada theme. The one I have access to is from a project for a client I worked on a year ago I think and it’s version 5.4.2 which by now is probably quite outdated. I’ll try installing Avada 5.4.2 on a fresh WordPress setup and see if I can reproduce the problem there.
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 7 months ago
Ok, here are the results:

WPP’s shortcode in Avada’s text Block

WPP’s shortcode as rendered in the frontend by Avada 5.4.2

Note that I only installed the very minimum requirements to get the theme running for the test:
- Avada 5.4.2
- Fusion Builder 1.4.2
- Fusion Core 3.4.2
Plugin Author Hector Cabrera
(@hcabrera)

6 years, 6 months ago

I’m marking this topic as resolved due to inactivity and because I wasn’t able to reproduce the issue with the Avada theme.