Title: Plugin that allows highlighting posts by multiple authors?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin that allows highlighting posts by multiple authors?

 *  [torley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torley/)
 * (@torley)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/)
 * Hello, I’m looking for a plugin that allows highlighting comments by multiple
   authors to make them stand out when there are many other comments.
 * I’ve seen several that allow highlighting comments made by the author of a post,
   or otherwise, an individual, but not one I can add a list to — under WP-Admin
   > Users, where there are multiple names.
 * In concept, it’d be like:
 * [http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/AuthorHighlight](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/AuthorHighlight)
 * but for more than one person. 🙂
 * Does such a thing exist? Any help graciously appreciated.

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475618)
 * Might want to check the available crop of plugins at [http://guff.szub.net/](http://guff.szub.net/)–
   Kafkaesquí always has a bunch that don’t seem to show up on the plugins pages.
 * And do a search here – I remember (but can’t at present find) a thread about 
   this not long back….
 *  Thread Starter [torley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torley/)
 * (@torley)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475620)
 * Thanx vkaryl, I had a look on that website and didn’t see anything more. Also
   tried some searches, but perhaps I’m looking for the wrong keywords, as I didn’t
   yield anything.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475622)
 * I don’t think the thread I’m remembering was one I posted in, so that’s no help.
 * What keywords did you try? I’d try multiple highlight, multiple author, highlight
   more than one author….
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [torley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torley/)
 * (@torley)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475801)
 * Yup, I did a bunch like those. I found these:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/9536?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/9536?replies=2)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/27045?replies=12](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/27045?replies=12)
 * and it appears Jennifer from scriptygoddess does mention multiple authors can
   work:
 * [http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/21/comment-highlighting-based-on-author/](http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/21/comment-highlighting-based-on-author/)
 * I had some followup questions but that form is closed. I’ll keep digging, thanx!
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475836)
 * Maybe Kafkaesquí will have a solution….
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475867)
 * Just when I think I’m done with author-related stuff, they drag me back in…
 * Ok, confusing part of request:
 * _> In concept, it’d be like:
    > > [http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/AuthorHighlight](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/AuthorHighlight)
   > > but for more than one person. 🙂
 * I think I get that. But, how do you want to select these _more than one_? Do 
   you just want all Authors (or Authors/Contributors, or something like that) on
   the blog highlighted, or a group pre-selected in some way, or… ?
 *  Thread Starter [torley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torley/)
 * (@torley)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475900)
 * Thanks vkaryl and Kafkaesqui! I really appreciate the help.
 * I’d like *all Authors* to have their comments highlighted, please. Everyone who’s
   ever made a post.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475901)
 * But…. um…. wouldn’t that be really confusing unless you assign special colors
   or something?
 * I’m sorry – I’m just not getting the point maybe?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475907)
 * Well, it does simplify the task enormously.
 * You can insert this code just before you declare the class for the commment div(
   i.e. `<div class="authorcomment" ...`) in your comments.php template:
 * `<?php
    $authposts = get_usernumposts($comment->user_id); $class = ($authposts)?'
   authorcomment' : 'comment'; ?>
 * The first line passes the user ID from the comment record (let’s hope they’re
   logged in when they comment!) to collect a post count for that author. The second
   does a little PHP magic to assign a value to $class, depending on whether or 
   not the user is a published author on your blog. Feel free to replace the values
   for ‘authorcomment’ and ‘comment’.
 * Then where we need $class to actually be put to work:
 * `<div class="<?php echo $class; ?>">`
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475910)
 * Oh, for a three-tiered method (post author, general author, and _nobody commenter_),
   this should work:
 * `<?php
    if ( get_the_author_ID() == $comment->user_id ) { $class = 'postauthorcomment';}
   else { $authposts = get_usernumposts($comment->user_id); $class = ($authposts)?'
   authorcomment' : 'comment'; } ?>
 *  Thread Starter [torley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torley/)
 * (@torley)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-475979)
 * Great, I’ve got this page bookmarked for future reference. Thank you SO much 
   for spending time on this and helping me figure it out, I’m really grateful!
 *  [mendezki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mendezki/)
 * (@mendezki)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-allows-highlighting-posts-by-multiple-authors/#post-476082)
 * And me too! Thanks Kafkaesque : )

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