Show Author box for certain authors only

Hi and thanks for the help

Is there a way to show the author box for only certain authors?

Say I have Mary as and author. But I also have post by Admin. I only want the author box for Mary to show up.

Thanks,
Steve

Hi

You can sort the authors after id: http://screencast.com/t/zGCcdhhf To get the author id check this link: http://screencast.com/t/lkeE1lLw3

Thanks!

Hi, Thanks so much for the reply. That would work on pages, but I don’t see how to do that on posts. Those block elements don’t seem to be available when writing pots.

Steve

I found how to turn on visual composer for posts. I was hoping to use the built-in author block. It shows the the bio blur, social icons and looks much better.

Is there another way?

Steve

Hi

The author box block from Visual Composer can be used on post like a widget in sidebar or footer area. Also you can use the shortcode to insert it in post content like here: http://screencast.com/t/yJZKlrt1f5
To get the shortcode create a blank page, add the author box and set it as you want, then switch in backend editor, copy this code: http://screencast.com/t/OPqNgAyGm and insert it in post.

Hope this will help!

Thanks again for the reply.

I see how to do it that way. I however like the built-in author box better. It has the social media icons and just looks better.
http://screencast.com/t/gzp3gePWD

So I was hoping to find a way to only show certain authors using that method. Perhaps adding a filter to the function.php file

Thanks again,
Steve

Hi

You can customize the actual author box editing td_block_authors.php file and adding this code: http://pastebin.com/4DbvKd14 like here: http://screencast.com/t/Y8CM9lS0GVf6
This should display author socials and description in author box block.
Let me know how it goes!

Thanks!