[Resolved] [wpv-post-author] shortcode showing different author when in a div

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[tylerR-3]

Hi there, this is a bit complicated to explain but I'll try my best. I have a real estate site and trying to use the [wpv-post-author] to display the author of the property (want to do some css targeted to all the posts by a certain author).

My real estate theme is set up so that a custom template page made in visual composer with shortcodes is how all properties on the site display. Each agent/user is the author of a property, however the template page is made by the admin, so it gets a bit complicated when trying to show the property author.

When I enter this shortcode into the template page, it works perfectly and displays the correct agent/author:

[wpv-post-author format='meta' meta='nickname' id='$parent']

However, as soon as I enter this in the template page (using the text tab for the WordPress page to wrap a div around a section of the template using the agent/author nickname as the class), it reverts to the template author, which is the admin, and won't display the agent/author name anymore:

<div class="[wpv-post-author format='meta' meta='nickname' id='$parent']">{some-content}</div>

How can I get this to display the author name while still in the div?

Thank you!

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Tyler,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

I took this code and test it and the information was displayed correctly in both cases for me.

Taking a look at your plugins list I noticed that you have quite a number of them installed.

This is what could be causing your issue. What I recommend that you do is to temporarily disable all your non-toolset plugins and check again to see if the issue remains.

Thanks,
Shane

[tylerR-3]

Thanks, I ended up using a 'do_shortcode' with the same shortcode directly in my page template instead of the editor and it worked.