Display Last 5 posts from multiple WP Authors — HELP!

  • cent

    (@cent)


    19 years, 4 months ago

    Hi.

    I set up a few friends as authors on my blog. I would like to have a Page in which it shows a number of blocks. Each block would contain:
    – Author Name
    – Author About Info
    – Last 5 posts by that Author

    My problem is that I don’t know how to create the loop necessary.

    I know I can get the list of authors with:
    <?php wp_list_authors('show_fullname=1&optioncount=1'); ?>

    And their About info with
    <?php the_author_description(); ?>

    And their Last 5 posts with
    <?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?>

    I know I will need to create some kind of Loop which will:
    – Query DB for authors

    Start: Loop 1
    – Set some type of author id variable
    – Get the Author’s about info

    Start: Loop 2
    – Query archives to find their last 5 posts
    End: Loop 2

    End: Loop 1

    Any help would be appreciated.

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    19 years, 4 months ago

    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Author_Templates
    This helps?

    Thread Starter cent

    (@cent)

    19 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Moshu,

    That got me started a little. I want to be display all of the authors on a single page with the last 5 posts beneath each respective author.

    Here’s what I was able to pull together from other posts:

    <!--
    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/50007?replies=6
    //-->
    <?php
    global $wpdb;
    $authors = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT user_id FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'wp_capabilities' AND meta_value REGEXP \"author|administrator\"");
    foreach($authors as $author) :
    query_posts("author=$author&showposts=1");
    if(have_posts()) the_post();
    ?>
    <h3>Latest post from <?php the_author(); ?></h3>
    <?php
    wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5&show_post_count=true');
    ?>
    Read all posts by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
    <?php
    endif;
    endforeach;
    ?>

    However, it doesn’t work at all.

    Anyone have any ideas I can try?

    Thx
    Cent

    Thread Starter cent

    (@cent)

    19 years, 4 months ago

    can anyone provide some more direction? Thanks!

    noooneh

    (@noooneh)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    i remember there was a plugin i downloaded lately but lost with format…. you just put the number of last posts to display… anyone knows it?.. it was called “Posts-by-author” i think!!

    noooneh

    (@noooneh)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    i found the plugin..
    This is exactly what you’re looking for, folks….

    http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/posts-by-author-plugin-for-wordpress/

    Check it out….. and damn it’s resolved now buddy

    Noooneh

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