You can use get_queried_object to get data in the current author page: <?php $author = get_queried_object(); // uncomment next line to see all author data // print_r( $author ); if( in_array( ‘author’, $author->roles ) ) : echo “author”; elseif( in_array( ‘subscriber’, $author->roles ) ) : echo “subscriber”; endif;
The solution is quite simple. And is subdivided into two separate processes – querying the posts and modifying their category terms. Querying the posts get_posts is a function that returns posts. A full list of arguments can be seen in WP_Query parameters To get all posts for a specific author, you do something like: get_posts( … Read more
I would advise you not to use the user meta. Although your problem is caused by: update_post_meta( $author_id, “_user_followed”, $followed_USERS ); // Add user ID to author meta update_post_meta( $author_id, “_author_follow_count”, ++$author_follow_count ); note that you called update_post_meta not update_user_meta, so somewhere, there’s a post whose ID is the same as the user ID of … Read more
Create a new user with a role such as subscriber so they cant do anything in the backend, and assign the post to that user. Doing this would be a lot easier than the hours of custom coding needed to get things working using your system.
If the_author_meta is already working for you, you should be able to use get_the_author_meta(‘ID’) to pass with the get_author_posts_url(); So, like this: <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/269316/<?php echo get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta(“ID’) ); ?>”>Read More</a> Let me know if that works for you!
I would create a new user role, and then assign that role to the user when you create their account. In your functions.php: add_role(‘content_writer’, ‘Content Writer’, array( ‘read’ => true, ‘publish_posts’ => true, ‘edit_posts’ => false, ‘delete_posts’ => false, )); You can see the codex for an additional listing of available roles and capabilities.
Use the plugin Edit Author Slug to change the base. Screenshot from the plugin’s settings page: Your other question is … another, separate question. 😉
I would use add_rewrite_endpoint() with EP_AUTHORS target. That should take care of URLs and query var to check for [relatively :)] cleanly.
That won’t be as easy as you’d like to… get_posts uses WP_Query to get posts and if you take a look at WP_Query code, ten you’ll see, that 0 is used as empty in there (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/5.0.3/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L2052): if ( ! empty( $q[‘author’] ) && $q[‘author’] != ‘0’ ) { It means, that you can’t pass ‘author’ … Read more
Now I’ve understand the question, and yes, it makes sense. The filter additions and the third function do not change at all, what change are the first two functions. There is 2 cases: [AuthorName] part in the url is equivalent sanitize_title($guestauthor) where $guestauthor is what is saved in the ‘guest-author’ custom field [AuthorName] part is … Read more