I’m bumping this up, because I would like to see this too, so that I can insert bylines on my posts to identify the writer as an administrator, editor, contributor, etc.
Having a template tag for this is a great idea. I’ll submit a patch to provide one, but since that will take a while to filter down into a release, here’s some code that will display the user role:
[Edited – see below]
Keep in mind this, like the_author* template tags, is intended for use in The Loop. Perhaps much to take in if you don’t know what’s going on, but basically it culls the capabilities bit from the $authordata array that already exists within the post loop, and assigns it to $role.
This SHOULD work for my intended purpose. Thank you for you assistance and your greater skill.
😉
Ah perfect, thanks Kafkaesqui. I can’t wait to get the tag in later releases.
Cheers.
Hmm, I should update this with changes I made to the submitted *patch.* Looks more complicated, but makes collecting the role far less likely to encounter problems with the way it’s stored in the capabilities record:
<?php
global $wpdb, $wp_roles, $authordata;
foreach($wp_roles->role_names as $role => $Role) {
$caps = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
if (array_key_exists($role, $authordata->$caps)) {
echo $Role;
break;
}
}
?>
Note that:
echo $Role;
prints the role with an initial cap (i.e. Author). Change the line to:
echo $role;
for all lowercase.
Hi kafkaesqui,
strangely, this only works if I am logged in.. what I want to do though is showing the role of the author on the single.php, no matter if I myself am logged in or not..
How would I need to change your code to do that?
Hi ixray,
That is strange. Try the following modification:
<?php
global $wpdb, $wp_roles, $authordata;
if ( !isset($wp_roles) )
$wp_roles = new WP_Roles();
foreach($wp_roles->role_names as $role => $Role) {
$caps = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
if (array_key_exists($role, $authordata->$caps)) {
echo $Role;
break;
}
}
?>
