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  • September 28, 2018 at 2:54 pm #1015757
    TrueCourseCommunications

    How Can I display related posts by the same author rather than using a tag ?

    September 28, 2018 at 11:34 pm #1015953
    Jordan Shannon

    Hey TrueCourseCommunications,

    Try adding this to functions.php

    function wpb_related_author_posts($content) {
 
if ( is_single() ) { 
    global $authordata, $post;
     
    $content .= '<h4>Similar Posts by The Author:</h4> ';
  
    $authors_posts = get_posts( array( 'author' => $authordata->ID, 'post__not_in' => array( $post->ID ), 'posts_per_page' => 5 ) );
  
    $content .= '<ul>';
    foreach ( $authors_posts as $authors_post ) {
        $content .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink( $authors_post->ID ) . '">' . apply_filters( 'the_title', $authors_post->post_title, $authors_post->ID ) . '</a></li>';
    }
    $content .= '</ul>';
  
    return $content;
    } 
    else { 
    return $content; 
    }
}
 
add_filter('get_the_content','wpb_related_author_posts');

    Best regards,
    Jordan Shannon

    October 1, 2018 at 3:20 pm #1016659
    TrueCourseCommunications

    Working. But is there a way to display it the same way as the related posts are displayed. In a grid format using thumbnails

    October 1, 2018 at 9:48 pm #1016763
    Jordan Shannon

    Hi,

    This should be possible, but will require styling via CSS to match what you need.

    Best regards,
    Jordan Shannon

    October 1, 2018 at 9:50 pm #1016764
    TrueCourseCommunications

    I have the css. I just need to know how to place the images in a grid format.

    Thanks

    October 2, 2018 at 6:10 am #1016879
    Rikard

    Hi,

    Thanks for the update, where can we see the results you are getting?

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    October 2, 2018 at 2:59 pm #1017087
    TrueCourseCommunications

    I am testing it on the local host. The related-posts template is working fine as you can see on https://recipes.instantpot.com/recipe/french-onion-soup/
    But that is displaying it using tag. I want to use the same template but by using author name rather than tags.

    October 4, 2018 at 5:26 am #1017673
    Ismael

    Hi,

    You need to modify the includes > related-posts.php file for that. Use the same get_posts query as the filter above on line 75. 

    
        $my_query = get_posts(
                            array(
                                'tag__in' => $tag_ids,
                                'post_type' => get_post_type($this_id),
                                'showposts'=>$postcount, 'ignore_sticky_posts'=>1,
                                'orderby'=>'rand',
                                'post__not_in' => array($this_id))
                            );

    You will also need to replace $tags (line 58) to get the author info or id instead.

    
$tags = get_post_field( 'post_author', $this_id );

    And change the subsequent logic base on the author info.

    Best regards,
    Ismael

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