[Support request] Show Author Image and Date on HomePage, Archive Pages, Category and Tags

[Ravi Saive]

Hi Team,

I want to show the only author’s image, name, and date as shown in this example: https://prnt.sc/ta8w59.

I also added an example link in the URL here: http://maxify.themerex.net/home-2/

[David]

Hi there,

as per your other topic – can you create a staging site so we can see what you have already – then we can assist with making these changes.

[Ravi Saive]

@David,

I just want to display the author’s image with name and date at the right and comment count on the left side of the homepage posts…

See the information in the private..

[Fernando]

Hi Ravi,

Can you try adding this Snippet first?:

add_filter('generate_header_entry_meta_items', function($output){
	if(is_home() || is_archive() ){
		return array(
			'author',
			'date',
			'comments-link'
		);
	}
	return $output;
}, 10);

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', 'tu_add_author_gravatar' );
function tu_add_author_gravatar() {
	printf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%5$s<a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" title="%3$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
			__( 'by','generatepress'),
			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generatepress' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_author() ),
			get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) )
		)
	);
}
add_action( 'wp', function() {
    if ( is_home() || is_archive() ) {
        add_filter( 'generate_show_comments', '__return_true' );
    }
} );

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

We’ll see what CSS is needed afterward.

[Ravi Saive]

@Fernando,

The code is working fine, but it should display the below excerpt without background inline color on the homepage… Also, it should display only the date, not the last updated text. The comments count not showing on the left side in the homepage…

[Fernando]

Can you re-add the code so we can see it live and assess what to do next? If you have a staging site, you can add it there first, and we can go from there.

[Ravi Saive]

@Fernando,

I have added the code to the live site…

[Fernando]

I updated the code above. Can you update yours?

We’ll proceed with the CSS once we get the comment count to show.

Don’t worry about the “updated date”, we can fix that with CSS as well.

[Ravi Saive]

@Fernando,

I have updated the code, but still showing above the excerpt, it should show below with the separator hr tagline…

[Ravi Saive]

Waiting for your update..

[David]

Hi there,

change:

add_filter('generate_header_entry_meta_items', function($output){
	if(is_home() || is_archive() ){
		return array(
			'author',
			'date',
			'comments-link'
		);
	}
	return $output;
}, 10);

To:

add_filter('generate_footer_entry_meta_items', function($output){
	if(is_home() || is_archive() ){
		return array(
			'author',
			'date',
			'comments-link'
		);
	}
	return $output;
}, 10);

[Ravi Saive]

@David,

The given code shows meta tags twice see attached screenshot link.

[David]

Go to the Customizer > Layout > Blog, and on the archive tab, uncheck the post meta options for date and author. This will remove the top line.

[Ravi Saive]

@David,

I tried that, but when I uncheck nothing showed, but when I check back it shows twice…

[Fernando]

To clarify, is this the only code you have now for this?:

add_filter('generate_footer_entry_meta_items', function($output){
	if(is_home() || is_archive() ){
		return array(
			'author',
			'date',
			'comments-link'
		);
	}
	return $output;
}, 10);

Can you also take a screenshot of your current Archive settings in Customizer > Layout > Blog?

[Author]

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