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Byline / Entry-Meta / Customizer: Archive page and Single post
5 replies · Started by vikingruler on January 12, 2021
Hello there,
The code below was previously supplied to me under support ticket of June 24, 2018.
Can you please assist me with the following:
1) Remove the word 'by' from the .byline
2) On the Archive page, keeping the single line layout, drop the entry-meta below the entry-summary.
3) On the Single post, keep the entry-meta where it is, below the entry-title.
4) Allow me to control which entry-meta displays on the Archive page and Single post, through the Customizer. Currently, the ticking of boxes / unticking of boxes in the Customizer, has no affect on the entry-meta that is displayed - it is either all there, or, nothing is there if I untick the 'Display post author' box.
Thank you.
Kallad
add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', 'tu_categories_to_author' );
add_filter( 'generate_category_list_output', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'generate_tag_list_output', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'generate_show_comments', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', '__return_false' );
function tu_categories_to_author( $output ) {
$categories_list = get_the_category_list( _x( ', ', 'Used between list items, there is a space after the comma.', 'generatepress' ) );
$categories_list = sprintf( '<span class="cat-links">%1$s</span>',
$categories_list
);
$tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', _x( ', ', 'Used between list items, there is a space after the comma.', 'generatepress' ) );
$tags_list = sprintf( '<span class="tags-links">%1$s</span>',
$tags_list
);
$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';
if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
$time_string = '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>' . $time_string;
}
$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() )
);
$date = sprintf( '<span class="posted-on">%1$s</span>', // WPCS: XSS ok, sanitization ok.
sprintf( '%3$s',
esc_url( get_permalink() ),
esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
$time_string
)
);
echo $output . ' | ' . $date . ' | ' . $categories_list . ' | ' . $tags_list;
}
Hi,
1.) You can follow Tom's code here to remove the byline:
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/removing-by-from-author-byline/#post-543882
2, 3 and 4.)
You can control the entry meta display by using generate_header_entry_meta_items and generate_footer_entry_meta_items filters.
You can add in page/post conditions to the filter to control their display on posts, archives and pages.
Example:
add_filter('generate_header_entry_meta_items', function(){
if(is_archive() || is_home()){ //if its an archive page or blog
return array(
'date',
'author',
);
} if(is_search()){ //if search page
return array(
'date', 'categories',
);
} if(is_singular()){ //if single page
}
});That said, for #2 and #3:
add_filter('generate_header_entry_meta_items', function($items){
if(is_archive() || is_home()){ //if its an archive page or blog
return false;
} return $items;
});
add_filter('generate_footer_entry_meta_items', function($items){
if(is_archive() || is_home()){ //if its an archive page or blog
return array(
'date',
'author',
'comments-link',
'categories',
'post-navigation',
);
} return $items;
}); Thank you for your reply.
1) Apologies - this was my mistake - I did previously read this solution on the support forum.
2, 3, 4) This is not quite what I am after. Let me start again:
On the Archive page, I want the entry-meta in a single, positioned below the entry-summary.
On the Single post, I want the entry-meta in a single line, positioned below the entry-title.
I want to still be able to use the Customizer to hide / display different entry-meta, on the Archive page and Single post (like I can do before having entry-meta placed on a single line).
I do not want to add hooks, etc, as I am not a developer, and this is looking for trouble for me. A simple solution will work best for me.
Thank you.
The theme has 2 entry meta locations on its archive and and single posts page.
1 is on header .entry-meta after the entry-title and 1 on the footer after the content or entry-summary on posts lists.
The purpose of the filter was to be able to control or move the entry meta placed on the header .entry-meta to the footer .entry-meta. The condition is then added so it only applies for the archive pages as per your requirement.
Once moved, you can style it with CSS for it to stay on a single line.
I want to still be able to use the Customizer to hide / display different entry-meta, on the Archive page and Single post (like I can do before having entry-meta placed on a single line).
You can still use this even after adding the filter.
I do not want to add hooks, etc, as I am not a developer, and this is looking for trouble for me. A simple solution will work best for me.
Unfortunately, you'll have to use the filter if you want to specifically control and/or move entry meta items to other locations as it's not within the customizer UI.
Here's how to add PHP incase you've decided to use it:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/
Hello there,
Apologies for the late response.
I will do so...thank you.
Kallad
No problem. Let us know how it goes.
