Use wp_get_recent_posts or get_posts for certain author(s) only

  • Resolved aalaap

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    12 years, 4 months ago

    I’m building a custom template which requires access to recent posts, but only from one particular author (or a few specific authors). I saw that the wp_get_recent_posts and get_posts functions allow for filtering output by category, but there’s no mention of being able to filter it by author(s).

    It does say on the wp_get_recent_posts function that it “uses WP_Query Parameters”, which would mean it supports the "author=" parameter, but I’m not sure how to supply those to the function.

    I Googled a bit too, but no one seems to have asked this particular question. I’ve probably missed it…

    Thank you.

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  • Thread Starter aalaap

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    Found this bit of code below that seems to demonstrate what I wanted:

    function get_related_author_posts() {
    global $authordata, $post;

    $authors_posts = get_posts( array( 'author' => $authordata->ID, 'post__not_in' => array( $post->ID ), 'posts_per_page' => 5 ) );

    $output = '<ul>';
    foreach ( $authors_posts as $authors_post ) {
        $output .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink( $authors_post->ID ) . '">' . apply_filters( 'the_title', $authors_post->post_title, $authors_post->ID ) . '</a></li>';
    }
    $output .= '</ul>';

    return $output;
}

    I’m gonna leave this thread here, so others can find it easily.

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