Author Tracking Code!

When you are on an author.php template page, you should be able to get the current author via $wp_query->get_queried_object(). That is also what is_author() uses when you want to check for a specific author.

Do you also have a question about setting the cookies? I don’t think WordPress has specific cookie functions. wp_setcookie() is deprecated by wp_set_auth_cookie(), but that seems to do more advanced stuff than just set a simple cookie.

If you use a specific visitor tracking system (like Google Analytics) I’m sure you can also save this kind of “lead” info with them. If you want to know more about that, the Pro Webmasters Stack Exchange site is probably a better place.

Related Posts:

  1. Function to return true if current page has child pages
  2. Cleaning up WordPress to improve performance?
  3. List of all theme customizer control types?
  4. Need help with friendly URL’s in WordPress
  5. Custom post status not working
  6. Keep one user logged for a year?
  7. Enabling Sessions in WordPress 3.0
  8. difference between esc_attr(), strip_slashes(), strip_tags()?
  9. How to preserve PHP modifications while upgrading WordPress?
  10. Set the transport of the Customizer ‘header_image’ core setting to ‘postMessage’
  11. Post source link plugin – small modification
  12. Getting $comments outside the comment template
  13. Change comments form title on a page by page basis
  14. How to let a single post have its own domain name
  15. simple wp_insert_post example
  16. Setting up the child theme so as to enable right-to-left WordPress?
  17. Prevent WordPress from loading comments
  18. delete an array element when its date expires
  19. Why is PHP Cookie via plugin only set when logged in as Admin and not regular users? and other questions
  20. How to add default images into theme customizer image control?
  21. Best way to pass arguments to another page in WordPress
  22. WP_Query with the “offset” argument
  23. WordPress change author email notify message?
  24. Set user loggin status?
  25. How do you output custom code between posts in the loop?
  26. Modifying Footnote Plugin for Descriptive Title Attributes
  27. Add filename to attachment page url
  28. Count widgets of a certain type
  29. Widget Javascript code (ajax)
  30. How to Replace Words with Hypertext Link But Ignore Previously Existed Links?
  31. How to break down importing of feeds
  32. How to remove tag cloud from taxonomy admin edit page?
  33. PHP can I add line numbers to file_get_contents()
  34. Setting custom canonical urls
  35. Setting a cookie upon specific URL visit
  36. Create simple Cookie Box for WordPress
  37. Create another “Display Site Title and Tagline” checkbox, “Header Text Color” setting and control
  38. How to customize a permalink (URL) structure?
  39. Converting HTML Template to WordPress Theme
  40. Edit Yoast SEO breadcrumbs output [closed]
  41. Access post meta in future_to_publish function
  42. Fastest way to get the comment and ping total count for a post
  43. want to create a subcategory.php to manage subcats
  44. How to combine wordpress_logged_in cookies in one cookie?
  45. How to check if a meta value has already been assigned to any user?
  46. Retrieve $_POST data submitted from external URL in WordPress(NOT API)
  47. How to pick the default selected value in wordpress dropdown?
  48. how can i use $_COOKIE[] + PostID to execute the below code?
  49. Modify custom field input data before creating a new post
  50. Compare the old get_theme_mod($name) to the new get_theme_mod($name) return value
  51. Need help enqueueing webfonts
  52. Redirect to another page using contact form 7? [closed]
  53. How to obtain the current website URL in my theme?
  54. Function Reference Documenting Template Tags for use in Custom Theme Templates?
  55. Create page template via functions.php?
  56. How to create a field in customize and show that in header.php?
  57. get_theme_mod outputs number when using WP_Customize_Cropped_Image_Control
  58. Showing different pages depending on a cookie value
  59. How to make a cookie be on the whole site instead of being on a specific page/
  60. Is there a hack for using is_page() within the function.php file?
  61. Set cookie for visitor
  62. Customize field names in backend profile edit page through function.php [duplicate]
  63. Custom Database Table and foreach
  64. Problem with custom function from jQuery slider tutorial
  65. Different profile page by role
  66. WP-Bakery – Add custom colors to buttons with template colors
  67. implement custom roles in custom plugin
  68. Cookie value changes back to previous value after changing
  69. When is the wp-settings-[time] cookie generated?
  70. Post source link plugin – small modification
  71. Custom Plugin: How to Include Install Buttons of other 3rd Party Plugins?
  72. update_user_meta as multiple value but with same meta key
  73. Adding discount functionality to the cart
  74. How to assign a specific service to a specific provider based on location
  75. Precheck fields when I add a new post
  76. Having trouble creating two shortcodes, one for logged in user and one for visitors
  77. Delete post meta by serialized meta value
  78. working code, not working – Plugin Dev
  79. WordPress load javascript file if something… (after the page is loaded)
  80. Remove node from multisites?
  81. Automatically refresh page if widget is added to page?
  82. Stored meta from attachment, video length?
  83. Allow user to select location and then set cookie for location in WordPress
  84. Where can I find the declaration of `$_wp_theme_features`?
  85. How do I routinely extract the thumbnail of the most recent post?
  86. Create 2-layered dropdown menus for custom taxonomy and custom post type
  87. Use WP_Query Data In Cookie
  88. A Customizer checkbox control that sets the setting to “” or to “blank” and show() or hide() a color control
  89. My customizer’s setting doesn’t set to the default and needed to click the control’s “Default” button before it’ll be set
  90. Edit a custom admin page
  91. Check if values exists DB
  92. WordPress causing all code to be displayed on line 1. Receiving multiple errors after cleaning cookies and cache
  93. How can I clear the theme mod settings?
  94. Display a list of users with avatar filterable with alphabets
  95. Post thats in Two Categories, only want to display name for one
  96. Select area and checkbox data is not saving?
  97. WordPress: code structure
  98. WP Custom tables query
  99. Keep users logged in Without Remember Me
  100. Add multiple HTML attributes to an Elementor button
techhipbettruvabetnorabahisbahis forumueduseduedueduseduseduseduedusedusedu