[Resolved] Author information wont show

[Matthias]

Hi i want a Author box below my post, it wont show the description and doesnt show the photo/gravatar i use as an author: I used this for it

<?php

global $post;

$author_id = $post->post_author;

?>

<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( $author_id )); ?>

<h5 class=”author-title”><?php printf( esc_attr__( ‘About %s’, ‘the author’ ), get_the_author_meta( ‘display_name’) );?></h5>

<p class=”author-description”><?php echo wp_kses( get_the_author_meta( ‘description’ ), null ); ?></p>

” title=”Read more”>
…

But it wont show the author description

[Leo]

Hi there,

Have you solved this?

The topic is marked as resolved.

[Simone Longato]

Hi,

I have the same problem in my web marketing blog https://www.magnetmarketing.it/blog/.

I would like to show an Author informations (name, gravatar, description) box below my post.

Can you help me please?

[Tom]

Hi there,

You can:

1. Add a Hook Element: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-element-overview/
2. Set the hook to after_content
3. Check the Execute PHP option
4. Add this as the hook content:

<div class="author-box">
    <div class="avatar">
        <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?>
    </div>
 
    <div class="author-info">
        <h5 class="author-title"><?php printf( esc_attr__( 'About %s', 'the author' ), get_the_author_meta( 'display_name') );?></h5>
        <div class="author-summary">
            <p class="author-description"><?php echo wp_kses( get_the_author_meta( 'description' ), null ); ?></p>
        </div>
 
    </div>
</div>

5. Set the Display Rules.

Then, just add this CSS to your site:

.author-box {
    padding: 4%;
    margin-top: 60px;
    font-size: 1em;
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
}

Hope this helps 🙂

[Simone Longato]

Hi Tom,

thanks, it’s working!

Is it possible add related posts below the single post too?

[Tom]

Related posts are more complicated. Any chance you can open a new topic and we’ll explore those options?

[Author]

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