I would just change the author_base on the global $wp_rewrite object. Also add a field to the Permalink options page, so you can change it at will. To start: a class to wrap everything up. <?php class Custom_Author_Base { const SETTING = ‘author_base’; private static $ins = null; public static function instance() { is_null(self::$ins) && … Read more
Here’s a small screenshot of what this code produces: Demo Editor is a new user i added with Editor status and then logged in as Demo Editor and modified a post to test this solution works. You can create a custom template tag in your child theme like this and add the template tag in … Read more
You can try out the Co-Authors Plus plugin. You will need to edit your theme template files to see multiple authors.
The echoing is already done by the_author_meta(). echo $autor_name does nothing. Correct would be to use get_the_author_meta().
This is set during user registration. You can change the value per filter ‘user_register’. Sample code, not tested: /* Plugin Name: First name plus last name as default display name. */ add_action( ‘user_register’, ‘wpse_67444_first_last_display_name’ ); function wpse_67444_first_last_display_name( $user_id ) { $data = get_userdata( $user_id ); // check if these data are available in your real … Read more
The capability you are after is called unfiltered_html. Some options: Modify author capabilities in your theme functions.php. This is saved in the DB, so you can access a page, make sure it works then remove it from your functions.php file. A better option would be to run it on theme activation. See this page on … Read more
I know this is old, but I just came across it shortly before I came across the solution. To display the author image inside the loop, just use this code: <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ ) , 32 ); ?> Where ’32’ is the size of the image. If it’s outside the loop, then just … Read more
Here’s a solution that will remove the original author meta box and replace it with a similar, but customized version which includes users with the contributor role. The logic for adding/removing the author meta box is pulled directly from the core. The meta box display callback is also cloned from the core, but we use … Read more
If you just have to modify the author.php page, this piece of code will probably work : <?php if( is_user_logged_in() && is_author(get_current_user_id()) ) { edit_post_link(‘edit’, ”, ”); } ?> The first part of the conditions checks if there is a user logged. The second one will be true if the current page is the author … Read more
<?php global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); echo get_author_posts_url($current_user->ID); ?>