[Resolved] Co-author plugin show multiple authors shortcode Custom author page

I’ve found another way of assigning multiple authors to a post with Co-author plus plugin which was suggested by GP support team in other threads (just in case this method is more convenient)

But still can’t figure out how to pull the custom fields data from the second author in order to create a second author box in the blog post content template. I guess “author meta” does not apply here as this pulls data from the first author.

Could you elaborate more on how to achieve that?

I’ve managed to display multiple authors in the default blog post thanks to this code: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/showing-multiple-authors-using-co-authors-plus-plugin/#post-732801

But I would like to retrieve the co-author data (name, image, bio) for adding author boxes dynamically to the content template I’m creating for the blog posts.

I’ve found this code which I think makes something similar to what I want to achieve:

global $post;
$author_id=$post->post_author;
foreach( get_coauthors() as $coauthor ): ?>
  <div class="entry-author co-author">
    <?php echo get_avatar( $coauthor->user_email, '96' ); ?>
    <h3 class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url( $coauthor->ID, $coauthor->user_nicename ); ?>"><?php echo $coauthor->display_name; ?></a></span></h3>
    <p class="author-bio"><?php echo $coauthor->description; ?></p>
    <div class="clear"></div>
   </div><!-- .entry-author co-author -->
<?php endforeach;

But I’m not sure where I would need to insert it. I tried in the functions.php from the child theme and nothing happens. Where can I find the file for the template I’m creating with GB?

It works! Thank you very much!! I’ve been struggling with this long hours!

Just in case it can help someone:

Based on David’s code I’ve managed to add to the author boxes:
– A text custom field (position)
– An author image different than the gravatar (with customs fields)

This is the code:

function db_show_coauthors() {
    global $post;

    // Check if the Co-Authors Plus plugin is active
    if (!function_exists('get_coauthors')) {
        return '';
    }

    // Get an array of coauthors for the current post
    $coauthors = get_coauthors($post->ID);

    // Initialize an empty string to store the HTML output
    $output = '';

    // Loop through the array of coauthors and generate HTML output for each one
    foreach ($coauthors as $coauthor) {
        // Get the author image URL
        $author_image_url = get_field('author-image', 'user_' . $coauthor->ID);

        // Generate HTML output for the coauthor using sprintf
        $output .= sprintf(
            '<div class="author-item">
                <div class="author-avatar"><img src="%s" alt="%s" width="64" height="64" /></div>
                <div class="author-name"><a href="%s">%s</a></div>
                <div class="author-custom-fields-position">%s</div>
                <div class="author-description">%s</div>
            </div>',
            !empty($author_image_url) ? $author_image_url : get_avatar_url($coauthor->ID),
            $coauthor->display_name,
            get_author_posts_url($coauthor->ID),
            $coauthor->user_nicename,
            get_field('position', 'user_' . $coauthor->ID), // Replace "custom_field" with the name of your ACF field
            $coauthor->description
        );
    }

    // Return the HTML output
    return $output;
}

add_shortcode('co_author_boxes','db_show_coauthors');