Using author template tags *outside* of The Loop!

  • robotdan

    (@robotdan)


    18 years, 3 months ago

    I want to have information of the author within the sidebar (sidebar.php). Unfortunately the template tags to retrieve this information must be within the loop (e.g. the_author, the_author_description)

    Can I store these while in The Loop within a php variable and then return in the sidebar? Or can you think of another way I may achieve this?

    Previously I achieved this by using the Get Author Profile plugin ( http://guff.szub.net/get-author-profile ), which has now stopped working after the upgrade to WordPress 2.0. The empty box on the right is where I want the info to go!
    http://www.alittlepoison.com/archives/2006/01/05/8-bits/

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  • tijmen

    (@tijmen)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Found a solution (maybe).

    Insert this into the loop:

    <?php
    global $authordata;
    $postauthorx = $authordata->ID;
    ?>

    And this into that box:

    <?php
    global $postauthorx;
    echo $postauthorx;
    $result = @mysql_query("SELECT meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE user_id = $postauthorx AND meta_key = 'description'");
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

    $description = $row["meta_value"];
    echo $description;
    } ?>

    But maybe there’s an easier way…

    Thread Starter robotdan

    (@robotdan)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks a lot for your help, it works! Shame I don’t know enough php to see why the Get Author Profile plugin no longer works.

    Thread Starter robotdan

    (@robotdan)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    I’ve used the above method to show the author info on a single article page, and now I’m trying to get it to show when you are viewing an author archive.

    I’ve tried the method here:
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/51469

    …but in WordPress 2.0 it doesn’t return the nickname if it has more than one word.

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