Same author posts

Hi,
I tested some more on my demo site and the following code seems to work well, so you can try replacing the code that I added to your child theme functions.php with this:

function display_author_posts() {
  if (is_single()) {
      global $post;
      $author_id = $post->post_author;
      $num_posts_to_display = 4; // adjust to the number of posts to display per row any number higher than 3
      $items_per_row = 4; // adjust to the number of items per row either 3, 4, or 5


      if (isset($_GET['items_per_row'])) {
          $items_per_row = intval($_GET['items_per_row']);
          $items_per_row = in_array($items_per_row, array(3, 4, 5)) ? $items_per_row : 3;
      }

      $args = array(
          'author' => $author_id,
          'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
          'posts_per_page' => $num_posts_to_display,
      );

      $author_query = new WP_Query($args);

      if ($author_query->have_posts()) {
          $post_counter = 0;

          echo '<div class="author-posts container">';
          echo '<h2>Other Articles by ' . get_the_author_meta('display_name', $author_id) . '</h2>';
          echo '<div class="article-grid">';
          while ($author_query->have_posts()) {
              $author_query->the_post();
              $post_counter++;
              if ($items_per_row === 4) {
                  $item_class = 'av_one_fourth';
              } elseif ($items_per_row === 5) {
                  $item_class = 'av_one_fifth';
              } else {
                  $item_class = 'av_one_third';
              }

              $first_class = ($post_counter % $items_per_row === 1) ? ' first' : '';

              echo '<div class="article-item ' . $item_class . ' flex_column' . $first_class . '">';
              echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">';
              echo '<img src="' . get_the_post_thumbnail_url($post->ID) . '" alt="' . get_the_title() . '" />';
              echo '</a>';
              echo '<h3><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a></h3>';
              echo '<span class="post-meta-infos">';
              echo '<time class="date-container minor-meta updated"> ' . get_the_date() . '</time>';
              echo '<span class="blog-categories minor-meta"> / in ' . get_the_category_list(', ') . '</span>';
              echo '<span class="blog-author minor-meta"> / by <a href="' . get_author_posts_url($author_id) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a></span>';
              
              echo '</span>';
              echo '</div>';

              if ($post_counter % $items_per_row === 0) {
                  echo '<div style="clear:both;"></div>'; 
              }
          }
          echo '</div>';
          echo '</div>';
      }

      wp_reset_postdata();
  }
}

add_filter('ava_before_footer', 'display_author_posts');

it adds the “Other Articles by [author]” to the bottom of the posts just above the footer after the “related posts” and the comment form, this is the expected result:

in the code above you will note two options:
$num_posts_to_display = 4; // adjust to the number of posts to display per row any number higher than 3
$items_per_row = 4; // adjust to the number of items per row either 3, 4, or 5
the $num_posts_to_display is the total posts from the author you want to show, if it is the same as the second option you will see just one row, if it use double you wil see two rows, etc.
the $items_per_row is how many items in each row, you can choose only 3, 4, or 5 due to the required classes needed for the built-in theme css to create the grid. I wanted this function to use the theme classes and layout so it is consistent with the rest of the theme.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Ok, I see that the theme editor is disabled so I can’t test the above solution, please give it a try.
If it doesn’t work then include FTP access in the Private Content area.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Unfortunately, I was only able to add this reliably after the content and above the footer, if your sidebar widget area is very long it will push it down.
Instead of adding this automatically we could change it into a shortcode and you could manually add it into your posts under your content and then it would be before the “related posts” and comment form, and the sidebar would not push it down.
Do you mind manually adding a shortcode into each of your posts?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Unfortunately not, the solution above was the closest. I might be able to move the element after the page loads with javascript, are all of your posts using the same layout?
Please include a link to couple of your posts, one that looks good and one that doesn’t and one that is typically of all of your posts.
Then I will see where I can move the element to with javascript and let you know. Do you prefer it after the comments and before the related posts?
Please leave the function above in place so the “Other Articles by [author]” will show.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Unfortunately this author element is behaving as a full width element so moving it breaks the sidebar, so we won’t be able to move it.
So in the few cases that the blog post is shorter than your sidebar you will have a gap, unless you make your sidebar shorter.

Best regards,
Mike