Integrate Template Tags into Arras Theme

You can change this:

$postheader .= sprintf( __('<div class="entry-author">By %s</div>', 'arras'), '<address class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr(get_the_author()) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a></address>' );

to something like this:

$postheader .= sprintf( __('<div class="entry-author">By %s</div>', 'arras'), coauthors_posts_links( null, null, null, null, false) );

Hope this helps

Thanks so much for the quick response. Unfortunately, that didn’t work. It still shows the original author before the plugin and new coauthor. I deleted the original off of it, too.

I’m using a child theme of Arras and that’s where I’m really running into the trouble. I’m trying to follow https://forums.arrastheme.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/8294#Comment_8294 to override the parent functions…I’m getting errors with too many unexpected “{” etc. It’s kind of a disaster.

I’m starting to think Arras’ setup is incompatible with your plugin (at least for those not fluent in PHP).

Hi earthsprite,

To integrate Co-Author Plugin in Arras Theme, you musi change a function from filters.php (in arras/library folder) :

Change :

if ( arras_get_option('post_author') ) {
			$postheader .= sprintf( __('<div class="entry-author">By %s</div>', 'arras'), '<address class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr(get_the_author()) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a></address>' );
		}

By :

if ( arras_get_option('post_author') ) {
			if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' )) {
			$postheader .= sprintf( __('<div class="entry-author">By %s</div>', 'arras'), '<address class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr(get_the_author()) . '">' . coauthors_posts_links( null, null, null, null, false ) . '</a></address>' );
			} else {
			$postheader .= sprintf( __('<div class="entry-author">By %s</div>', 'arras'), '<address class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr(get_the_author()) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a></address>' );
		}}

Is it possible to do the above on a child theme so I don’t have to modify Arras files (since I’ll lose it when it updates)?

I don’t know. For this, I’ve change original filters.php.
I have a copy of classical gamer child theme and there are no filters.php in this child theme.

Here, we change a function. Not add a new function.

Try to create a new filters.php with the entire function post / page header code or a copy of original filters.php customized. If you have a error or if the function don’t work, you must change original filters.php.

I tried both. For some reason a child filters.php won’t override the parent’s, even if you put it in the same file structure (library/filters.php). It does work if you directly edit the Arras filters.php. Totally against the point of child themes, but at least it works :(.

Uh oh. Looks like it’ll take some extra work to implement Co-Authors into the bottom “About the Author” on single posts, too :(. If this weren’t someone else’s website I’d move to a simpler theme, yeesh.

Here is the snippet from filters.php:

function arras_post_aboutauthor() {
	$id = get_the_author_meta('ID');

	$output = '
		<div class="about-author clearfix">
			<a href="' . get_author_posts_url($id) . '">' . get_avatar($id, 64) . '</a>
			<div class="author-meta">
				<h4>' . sprintf(__('About %s', 'arras'),  get_the_author_meta('display_name')) . '</h4>
			' . get_the_author_meta('description') . '
			</div>
		</div>
	';

	echo apply_filters('arras_post_aboutauthor', $output);
}

I tried this simple change by gary.d but it didn’t work; it still called the original author and just lost its formatting.

I assume I’ll need another if statement here to get a co-author bio to show up :(. Thanks in advance.

You should be good with something like this:

function arras_post_aboutauthor() {
	$id = get_the_author_meta('ID');

	$output = '';
	foreach( get_coauthors() as $coauthor ) {
		$output .= '
			<div class="about-author clearfix">
				<a href="' . get_author_posts_url($coauthor->ID) . '">' . get_avatar($coauthor->ID, 64) . '</a>
				<div class="author-meta">
					<h4>' . sprintf(__('About %s', 'arras'),  $coauthor->display_name ) . '</h4>
				' . $coauthor->description . '
				</div>
			</div>
		';
	}

	echo apply_filters('arras_post_aboutauthor', $output);
}

Thank you very much! That works.