Get User Info

  • obeattie

    (@obeattie)


    20 years, 1 month ago

    Hi There All,

    I am trying to create a kind-of shortcut bar as an update to one of my themes (in an upcoming release). The shortut bar will have quick links to post, create pages, view user profile etc.

    Basically, what I need to know is this: can I active user information from WordPress. I would want to display things like username, link to edit profile page and sign out links.

    I already know how to make the bar show up only if the user is logged in; but how do I get username etc.?

    Many Thanks in Advance,
    Oliver
    😉

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    Probably you should take a look at the http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Author_Templates page and all the resiurces linked from there.
    Also, http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Template_Tags#Author_tags

    Thread Starter obeattie

    (@obeattie)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    But they may not be an author.. and it will appear at the top of every page, even when they’re not the author of that page

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    Ah, I was at my first coffee 🙂
    “currentuserinfo” is the correct keyword to search – the forum and the Codex.

    Thread Starter obeattie

    (@obeattie)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks – I will have a look ASAP.

    Cheers,
    Oli

    syncbox

    (@syncbox)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    Is there a way to pass a user id in a link to the author.php file? For example, let’s say you have a list of author level users in a page or menu.

    BOB
    FRED
    CINDY

    and you want users to click their names to go to their “author page”

    how do you pass the correct user id (author id?) to the file?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    The links above have the answer. The right template tag will do the job for you.

    syncbox

    (@syncbox)

    20 years, 1 month ago

    Yes, I managed to get the thing working… thanks

    syncbox

    (@syncbox)

    20 years ago

    I’d like to display a list of actual author-level users, but list_authors() seems to display all users, not just those with AUTHOR level access. Is there any way to write a query to return a list of just author-level users displaying their “display name”? I also need to generate a link to the author.php page passing their user_id

    HELP!

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