author not displaying on single post page

[Linda]

I have searched the forum and reviewed similar questions but I can’t seem to figure out why the author is not showing on the single post page. On my front page I am using WP Show Posts and the author appears there, but when you click to see main post, the author is not there. Any ideas appreciated, thanks.

[Leo]

Hi there,

Is it activated in the customizer?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/blog-content-layout/#single

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[Linda]

Yes, as far as I can see!

[Leo]

Looks like you are using some custom functions for the entry meta.

Can you share the code here?

Let me know 🙂

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[Linda]

Using 2 snippets, 1 of 2 here

//https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_output/#remove-link-from-date
//This code will remove the published date HTML if an updated date exists.

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $output, $time_string ) {
    $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';

    $updated_time = get_the_modified_time( 'U' );
    $published_time = get_the_time( 'U' ) + 86400;

    if ( $updated_time > $published_time ) {
        $time_string = '<time class="entry-date updated-date" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';
    }

    $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
        esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
        esc_html( get_the_date() ),
        esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
        esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
    );

    return sprintf( '<span class="posted-on">%s</span> ',
        $time_string
    );
}, 10, 2 );

[Linda]

Snippet 2 of 2 here:

add_filter( 'wpsp_date_output', 'tu_wpsp_updated_date_first' );
function tu_wpsp_updated_date_first() {
	$time_string = '';
	
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string .= '<time class="wp-show-posts-updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';
	}
	
	$time_string .= '<time class="wp-show-posts-entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';
	
	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);
	
	// If our date is enabled, show it
	$output = sprintf(
		'<span class="wp-show-posts-posted-on wp-show-posts-meta">
			<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>
		</span>',
		esc_url( get_permalink() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
		$time_string
	);

	return $output;
	
}

[Linda]

Also sending login info to my (sloppy) staging site

[Leo]

Can you remove the first function first?

Let me know 🙂

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Linda]

Removing first one, then both of the snippets caused no change in the single post page (after clicking on the read more)

[Leo]

Can you first clear and disable all the caching plugins you are using?

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Linda]

I did try removing the caching plugin, but it had no effect.
However, I did get it working after much trial and error, but don’t ask me why it now works, maybe because it’s Halloween? I have this plugin installed, https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-last-modified-info/. I made no changes except to save (again) the settings in that plugin. Now the author name shows up. It’s a mystery, but at least it’s working. Thanks so much for helping me troubleshoot!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

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Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

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