The second parameter for get_the_author_meta is the user iD. If you’re using the function within the loop, the user ID would be the ID of the current user if not you would have to specify the user ID. if ( !get_the_author_meta(‘first_name’, $user_id )) { // do something }
If you want to add rel=”nofollow” to all the links, then you can simply use str_replace(): echo str_replace( ‘<a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/254676/,”<a rel=”nofollow” href=”, $part_cur_auth_obj->description );
The function you want is get_userdata(). Since you need to do this outside the loop, the process is a little less straight-forward. The first thing you need to do is set up a variable called $curauth which is an object that you create by accessing the database by using the $_GET[] superglobal. $curauth = ( … Read more
There is nothing strange about author pages being used for “just” users, because both are just users in WordPress. The difference is only in their capabilities. It sounds like you have a quite specific child theme in place, with elaborate user–centric functionality. Unfortunately that limits your customization options to those provided by developers of child … Read more
get_the_author_meta(‘description’) is meant to return the content to a variable. You’re looking for the_author_meta() <?php the_author_meta(‘description’); ?>
You can assign meta values to users and can add a conditional statement in template to check if the user is having the permission to access the file, if not then redirect them to some other page.
I’m not where I can run the below, but potential typos, etc. aside, it should be able to point you in the right direction. 1) Limit Query You could add Date Parameters to your query arguments to limit them. $today = getdate(); $args = array( ‘date_query’ => array( array( ‘year’ => $today[‘year’], ‘month’ => $today[‘mon’], … Read more
Sounds like you want to get the related posts from the same category as the current post that is written by the same author. In order to do this you will want to create a custom loop using the WP_Query Class which will look something like this: $author_id = get_the_author(); $category_id = get_the_category(); $args = … Read more
This was answered here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36720949/get-user-role-by-id-wordpress Here is their answer: You can’t get user role directly. First, you have to get the user_meta_data, and it will return an Object that will contain user roles. Code: $user_meta=get_userdata($user_id); $user_roles=$user_meta->roles; //array of roles the user is part of.
WordPress provides its own function to accomplish this: get_most_recent_post_of_user( $user_id ); Source: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_most_recent_post_of_user