Add “author” to the body class of a post

  • Pete

    (@perthmetro)


    5 years, 4 months ago

    I’m trying to find a way to add a body class “author” IF the current user is the author of the post they are viewing.

    This is what I have so far…

    add_filter( 'body_class','my_body_classes' );
function my_body_classes( $classes ) {
 
    if ( !$current_user->ID == $post->post_author ) {
    
        $classes[] = 'post-author';
         
    }
     
    return $classes;
     
}
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I’d use get_current_user_id()

    add_filter( 'body_class','my_body_classes' );
function my_body_classes( $classes ) {
    global $post;
    $cur_user = get_current_user_id();
    if ( $cur_user == $post->post_author ) {
            $classes[] = 'post-author';
    }
    $classes[] = 'cur_user_id_' . $cur_user;
    return $classes;
     
}

    I added the 2nd body class for purposes of debugging and explicitly declared $post as a global. Of course, this only works if the post’s author is logged in.

    Thread Starter Pete

    (@perthmetro)

    Thanks very much.

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