As I have stated in comments, you would want to use pre_get_posts to add your custom post type to your author archive pages. In addition, once that is done, it is easy to sort the posts, you simply need to run the main loop twice, once only sending the custom post type posts to screen … Read more
As mentioned by @mridul-aggarwal WordPress supports author pages with the author.php template (Author_Template). If you are setting up a custom template you will need some method of letting the template discover which user is supposed to be displayed, this is usually done via a POST/GET request or in the URI http://example.com/path/to/user/username which you can then … Read more
Three steps need to be followed to accomplish it. 1. Add rewrite rules add_action(‘generate_rewrite_rules’, ‘author_cpt_add_rewrite_rules’); function author_cpt_add_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) { $new_rules = array( ‘author/(.+)/(.+)’ => ‘index.php?author=”.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(1) . “&post_type=” .$wp_rewrite->preg_index(2) ); // Add the new rewrite rule into the top of the global rules array $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules; } 2. Redirect to specific templates … Read more
<?php $curauth = (isset($_GET[‘author_name’])) ? get_user_by(‘slug’, $author_name) : get_userdata(intval($author)); ?> <?php if ( have_posts() ) ?> <h2>Posts by <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?>:</h2> <ul> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <li> <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/106902/<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>”> <?php the_title(); ?></a>, <?php the_time(‘d M Y’); ?> … Read more
On an “author” page get_query_var(‘author’) will give you the ID. get_queried_object() will get you considerably more author information. $author = get_queried_object(); echo $author->ID; // var_dump($author); // to see all of the information available. For retrieving custom author data follow the Codex.
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Proper way to set author pages at root?
Definitely over thinking it <div class=”section group”> <?php printf(‘<h1>%s</h1>’, the_title()); foreach($users as $user) { ?> <div class=”author”> <div class=”col span_1_of_3″> <div class=”authorAvatar”> <?php echo get_avatar( $user->user_email, ‘128’ ); ?> </div> <div class=”authorInfo”> <h2 class=”authorName”><?php echo $user->display_name; ?></h2> </div> </div> </div> <?php } ?> </div>
Create Next and Previous Link to User orderby Last Name
create a new page from a custom post type similar to an authors page