Multiple authors in Newspaper 4?

Has anyone figured out how to assign multiple authors to a post in v4?

Thanks!

I usually check the wordpress.org site first… found this, not tested:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/

oops… that may not work with WordPress 4.0x … sorry.. (face palm)…

• This reply was modified 11 years by simchris.

Thanks, yes, that’s what I’m currently using but the code customizations aren’t going to work in 4, I’m afraid…

I think I might try switching to the “Bylines” plugin — seems to do the trick much more painlessly.

Hi, it seems that you ignored the threat where you’ve posted too. 😉
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/co-authors-guest-author-and-author-link/#post-14146

The code works in single-loop.php or similiar – but not for author bio

I don’t understand…the code I have that’s in the other thread isn’t going to work in v4.

Ths works for me in loop-single.php

<?php //echo $td_mod_single->get_author();
					$coauths = get_coauthors();
					if (count($coauths) > 1) {
   					echo "von ";
  					foreach($coauths as $key => $coauth) {
				    echo '<a href="/author/'.$coauth->user_nicename.'">'.$coauth->display_name.'</a>';
					// add "and"
					if ($key != count($coauths)) {
					echo ' und ';
					$coauths = substr($coauthsHTML, 0, -4);
					}
   					}
					} else {
					echo $td_mod_single->get_author();
					};?>

Thank you so much, this works!!

I tried the Byline plugin that you suggested, @partnowjess. While it seemed to fill in the guest author information under the title correctly, it unfortunately output the guest author’s name randomly in other parts of the them. I cannot recommend it as an alternative.

@mbasche, would you mind sharing exactly the line numbers that you replaced with this code? Did those this affect the output in the Author Box at all or just the names under the title? And does it handle only registered user authors or does it also work with Co-Authors Plus’s guest authors?

Now we just finally updated our theme to Newspaper 4, and I can’t integrate the Co-Authors plugin. @mbasche, is it still working for you? Could you show me exactly what you replaced in loop-single?

Thanks!!

I have been trying to paste the text after the <?php in the same place on the Newsmag single loop but only the real author (not guest author appears). Any suggestions?

For me this only works if there is more than one author. What should I do if I only want one guest author.

Hi,

Is there anything I can add to this code – http://pastebin.com/chADk3Xw so that only one guest author will be credited in the byline? The code works great for two guest authors, but if I have only one guest author then the admin who posted the article is credited and not the actual guest author.

Hi Alin,

When I have two authors then both guest authors are displayed in the byline, which is great. But I want to modify the code so that only one author from the guest authors of the co-authors plus plugin will be displayed in the byline if I have only one guest author added in the backend. Currently with this code –http://pastebin.com/chADk3Xw I have one of two things happen:

1. Two guest authors are displayed in the byline
2. If I have only one guest author added in the backend then author who published the article is displayed instead of the guest author.

I hope this clarifies what I am trying to accomplish. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Thank you!

• This reply was modified 10 years by Thomson Studio.

Hi, I’m still trying to add the get_author_box to work on Newsmag template, but maybe I’m missing something. Can anyone help? @partnowjess @mbasche?

Thanks!