Title: Eric's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Eric [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Guest Author – How to display posts on /author archive page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-how-to-display-posts-on-author-archive-page/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-how-to-display-posts-on-author-archive-page/#post-5706918) * I ended up going with the Co-Authors Plus plugin. It still was a bit challenging, but this plugin achieved all that I needed to: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Co-Authors Plus] Really confused: Author vs. Co-Author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/#post-5743456) * Through trial and error, I discovered the foreach loop was not needed on author. php archive page. A little more streamlined than my last comment. * ``` $this_author_display_name = get_the_author(); if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_title' ) ){ // account authors $this_author_title = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_title' ); } elseif( get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_title', true ) ){ // CAP guest author $this_author_title = get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_title', true ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'email' ) ){ $this_author_email = get_the_author_meta( 'email' ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_phone_number' ) ){ // account authors $this_author_phone_number = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_phone_number' ); } elseif( get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_phone_number', true ) ){ // CAP guest authors $this_author_phone_number = get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_phone_number', true ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_linkedin' ) ){ // account authors $this_author_linkedin = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_linkedin' ); } elseif( get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_linkedin', true ) ){ // CAP guest authors $this_author_linkedin = get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_linkedin', true ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_twitter' ) ){ // account authors $this_author_twitter = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_twitter' ); } elseif( get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_twitter', true ) ){ // CAP guest authors $this_author_twitter = get_post_meta( $authorID, 'guest_author_twitter', true ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'description' ) ){ $this_author_description = get_the_author_meta( 'description' ); } ``` * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Co-Authors Plus] Really confused: Author vs. Co-Author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/#post-5743188) * P.S. This is what I ended up doing to the time being. It feels dirty. Is there a better way? * ``` // If there's a cleaner way to do this, I haven't found out how. The author data seems to be accessed differently for account-holding authors and non-account co-authors (created by co-authors plus plugin) when using custom fields (created by Advanced Custom Fields). // Default all author values to null $this_author_display_name = $this_author_title = $this_author_email = $this_author_phone_number = $this_author_linkedin = $this_author_twitter = $this_author_biography = null; // Co-Authors (non custom fields also return for account-holding authors) $coauthors = get_coauthors(); foreach( $coauthors as $coauthor ){ $this_author_display_name = get_the_author(); if( get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_title', true ) ){ $this_author_title = get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_title', true ); } if( $coauthor->user_email ){ $this_author_email = $coauthor->user_email; } if( get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_phone_number', true ) ){ $this_author_phone_number = get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_phone_number', true ); } if( get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_linkedin', true ) ){ $this_author_linkedin = get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_linkedin', true ); } if( get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_twitter', true ) ){ $this_author_twitter = get_post_meta( $coauthor->ID, 'guest_author_twitter', true ); } if( $coauthor->description ){ $this_author_biography = $coauthor->description; } } // Account Holding Authors (custom fields) if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_title' ) ){ $this_author_title = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_title' ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_phone_number' ) ){ $this_author_phone_number = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_phone_number' ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_linkedin' ) ){ $this_author_linkedin = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_linkedin' ); } if( get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_twitter' ) ){ $this_author_twitter = get_the_author_meta( 'guest_author_twitter' ); } ``` * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Co-Authors Plus] Really confused: Author vs. Co-Author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-confused-author-vs-co-author/#post-5743139) * P.S. What I’m trying to do is create a custom author.php page that displays the same info for post authors (account holders) as co-authors (non-account holders). * Thanks again! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Co-Authors Plus] Guest author Biographical Info on author.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-biographical-info-on-authorphp/) * [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-biographical-info-on-authorphp/#post-5455768) * This is not working for me. * On my author.php using Jeremy’s example above, I get the following results: * ``` $coauthors = get_coauthors(); foreach( $coauthors as $coauthor ){ $userdata = get_userdata( $coauthor->ID ); var_dump( $userdata ); //returns bool(false) if ( $userdata->display_name ) { //returns "Notice: Trying to get property of non-object" echo '

' . $userdata->display_name . '

'; } } ``` * Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Guest Author – How to display posts on /author archive page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-how-to-display-posts-on-author-archive-page/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/guest-author-how-to-display-posts-on-author-archive-page/#post-5706845) * **UPDATE** * I’m _kinda_ getting there. So far I’ve managed to write a custom author posts link if a guest author exists. * The resulting URL for a post author and guest author now have matching formats… * post author ex: [http://www.example.com/author/john-doe](http://www.example.com/author/john-doe) guest author ex: [http://www.example.com/author/jane-doe](http://www.example.com/author/jane-doe) * Now I just need to figure out how to hijack the author archive page to display posts from the post author OR the guest author. * **FUNCTIONS.PHP CODE:** * ``` add_filter( 'the_author_posts_link', 'custom_author_posts_link' ); function custom_author_posts_link($url) { global $post; $post_object = get_field('post_author'); if ( $post_object ) { // GUEST AUTHOR EXISTS - override post object to grab relevant guest author info global $post; $post = $post_object; setup_postdata( $post ); $guest_author_slug = $post->post_name; $guest_author_name = get_field('team_member_name'); $guest_author_posts_link = site_url() . '/author/' . $guest_author_slug; $guest_url = sprintf( '', esc_url( $guest_author_posts_link ), esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), $guest_author_name ) ), $guest_author_name ); $guest_url = $link; wp_reset_postdata(); // We're done here. Return to main $post object } return $url; } ``` * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [String not returning from wp_query loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-not-returning-from-wp_query-loop/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-not-returning-from-wp_query-loop/#post-5688409) * I discovered my error wasn’t in the loop itself, but in how I was calling the function. Here’s how I correctly called the function: * ``` Upcoming Presentations'; echo $upcoming_events; } > ``` * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Subfolder index.php 404 Errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-indexphp-404-errors/) * Thread Starter [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eklemen2/) * (@eklemen2) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-indexphp-404-errors/#post-4571819) * These two examples are more accurate to my situation: * WORKS: [http://www.mydomain.com/parentpage/](http://www.mydomain.com/parentpage/) 404 PAGE: [http://www.mydomain.com/parentpage/childpage/index.php](http://www.mydomain.com/parentpage/childpage/index.php) * WORKS: [http://www.mydomain.com/category/slug/](http://www.mydomain.com/category/slug/) 404 PAGE: [http://www.mydomain.com/category/slug/index.php](http://www.mydomain.com/category/slug/index.php) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)