Pls help modify author

Hi,

It does not work anymore in any of the blog posts. It now redirects me to the home page.

Hi Crosby,

I tested the code and from my end it’s working.

Can you kindly check if the user ID you’re using is correct? Please note that the ID here if ( '2' === $author_id) should be correct for the code to work as it should.

Here is an article which may assist you with regards to this: https://wpsmackdown.com/find-wordpress-user-id/#:~:text=You%20can%20use%20the%20%E2%80%9CSearch,search%20by%20name%20or%20username.&text=The%20number%20immediately%20following%20user_id,the%20top%20of%20your%20screen.

Kindly let us know how it goes. :)

Hi Fernando,

Sorry, you are right. It seems I needed to cache my website again.

However, it still not perfect.
In the initial code provided by Jing the link worked on "normal" blog posts. Then I told her that in the blog posts where I have a unique GP Header Element, there it does not work.

Then she provided a new code. Now it only works in those blog posts where I have a unique header element, but it does not work on "normal" blog posts.

I would like it to work on BOTH. Could you please help?

See examples in private.

Kind follow-up on this. I see other posts are being answered, so I am wondering if this has been accidentally missed.

Thanks!

Hi there,

do you still have the code that Ying provided here added to your site:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/pls-help-modify-author/#post-2150112

Hi David,

No, I don't. I added the new one she has given:

add_filter( 'generate_page_hero_post_author', 'my_hero_author');

function my_hero_author($author) {
		
            global $post;
	    $author_id = $post->post_author;
	
        if ( '2'  === $author_id) {	
			$author = sprintf(
				'<span class="author vvcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%3$s</span></a></span>',
				esc_url(home_url( '/rolam') ),
				/* translators: author name */
				esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'gp-premium' ), get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) )
			);
	return $author;
		}
	return $author;
}

Do I need to include both?

Yes, you will need both

Hi David,

So I included the below:

#1 code provided by Ying

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function( $output ) {   
	
    $author_name = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name' );
    $custum_author_link = home_url( '/rolam' );
	
     if ( 2  === get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) {
         return '<a href='.$custum_author_link.'>'.$author_name.'</a>';
    } 
	return $output ;
});
 

#2 code provided by Ying:

add_filter( 'generate_page_hero_post_author', 'my_hero_author');

function my_hero_author($author) {
		
            global $post;
	    $author_id = $post->post_author;
	
        if ( '2'  === $author_id) {	
			$author = sprintf(
				'<span class="author vvcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%3$s</span></a></span>',
				esc_url(home_url( '/rolam') ),
				/* translators: author name */
				esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'gp-premium' ), get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) ) ),
				esc_html( get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id ) )
			);
	return $author;
		}
	return $author;
}

So both of them are included and now they work fine, links redirect to the about page as they should.

When I include the first, however, there seems to be a bug. The word "Author" or in my language "Szerzo" disappear from before the name of the author.

See two screenshots:
- This is without the code: https://imgur.com/a/uQ4ZKlM
- This is when I include the first code: https://imgur.com/a/hGbPREw

I tested it and it only happens when I include the first code. Second code alone does not cause this issue.

You can replace the #1 code with below code:

add_filter( 'author_link', 'my_author_link');

function my_author_link($link) {	
	if ( 2  === get_the_author_meta( 'ID' )) {	
		$link = home_url( '/rolam');
	 return  $link;
    }
	return $link;
	
}

Works perfectly, thanks a lot

You are welcome :)