Hello! I'm using the Co-Authors Plus plugin to add multiple authors to some posts on my site. However, I have not configured my post templates to actually DISPLAY the names. I've seen some other threads here, but they were between 4–8 years old, so it's likely advice has changed since then.
Right now, most of my templates use [wpv-post-author format="link"] to display the author and link to their author page. Looking at other support threads, I'm guessing I'd still need to create a shortcode with Co-Authors Plus' code, and swap to this shortcode.
If that's still the case, my main problem is that I don't know how! I tried following some basic advice about creating a shortcode, using Co-Author's tags (see here: hidden link), but I immediately got a "critical error" when I added it to my functions.php, so clearly I didn't do it right.
Here's a page as an example - I don't care about the footer area, I'm only interested in updating the byline after "posted by" to list all attached authors with links to their post listings:
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Thank you!
Hello,
I have tried it in a fresh WP installation + the latest version of Toolset plugin, it is possible with a custom shortcode.
See below test site:
Login URL:
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1) Add a custom code snippet:
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create a custom shortcode:
add_shortcode('wpv-post-coauthors', 'wpv_post_coauthors');
function wpv_post_coauthors() {
return coauthors_posts_links(null, null, null, null, false);
}
2) Create a post, display above shortcode:
[wpv-post-coauthors]
Test it in frontend:
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It works fine.
For your reference.
This is perfect! Thank you so much. I got it set up on my site literally while I had breakfast. I didn't actually realize I could make shortcodes inside Toolset, so I learned a lot already.
As always, I appreciate how clear you are in your direction. Have a wonderful week!
