Directorist | Co Authors Plus Integration | Multiple Author

You can use the co-author plus plugin to use/assign multiple authors on your Directorist based website.

Please follow the instructions to achieve this functionality:

1. Install Co Authors Plus Plugin:

Install and activate Co-Authors Plus plugin from WordPress repository -

2. Use Custom Code: 

Please paste the following custom code at the end of "functions.php" of the currently activated themes on the Directorist.

    add_filter( 'coauthors_edit_author_cap', function( $cap ){

        return 'read';

    } );

3. Template Override:

Please read the template override documentation before you start this process. This will help you to understand how to override the templates properly.

Template Override Documentation

Please create a file "directorist/single/section-author_info.php" in your currently activated theme folder with the following code -

1. 
   
2. <?php
3. /**
4.  * @author  wpWax
5.  * @since   6.7
6.  * @version 7.0.5.2
7.  */
8.  
9. use \Directorist\Helper;
10.  
11. if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
12.  
13. $id = $listing->id;
14. $author_list= array();
15. if ( is_plugin_active( 'co-authors-plus/co-authors-plus.php' ) ) {
16.     $coauthors = get_coauthors($id);
17.     foreach($coauthors as $authorInfo){
18.         $author_list[] = $authorInfo->ID;
19.     }
20. }else{
21.     $author_list[] = $listing->author_id;
22. }
23.  
24. ?>
25.  
26. <div class="directorist-card directorist-card-author-info <?php echo esc_attr( $class );?>" <?php $listing->section_id( $id ); ?>>
27.  
28.     <div class="directorist-card__header">
29.  
30.         <h4 class="directorist-card__header--title"><?php directorist_icon( $icon );?><?php echo esc_html( $label );?></h4>
31.    
32.     </div>
33.  
34.     <div class="directorist-card__body">
35.  
36.     <?php
37.         foreach($author_list as $author_id){
38.            
39.             $listing->author_id = $author_id;
40.             $u_pro_pic  = get_user_meta($author_id, 'pro_pic', true);
41.             $u_pro_pic  = !empty($u_pro_pic) ? wp_get_attachment_image_src($u_pro_pic, 'thumbnail') : '';
42.             $author_img = !empty($u_pro_pic) ? $u_pro_pic[0] : '';
43.             $avatar_img = get_avatar($author_id, 32);
44.     ?>
45.  
46.         <div class="directorist-single-author-info" style="<?php echo count( $author_list )  > 1 ? "margin-bottom:50px" : ""; ?>">
47.  
48.             <div class="directorist-single-author-avatar">
49.  
50.                 <div class="directorist-single-author-avatar-inner">
51.                     <?php if ( $author_img ): ?>
52.                         <img src="<?php echo esc_url( $author_img ); ?>" alt="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Avatar', 'directorist' );?>">
53.                     <?php else: ?>
54.                         <?php echo $avatar_img; ?>
55.                     <?php endif; ?>
56.                 </div>
57.  
58.                 <div class="directorist-single-author-name">
59.                     <h4><?php echo esc_html( $listing->author_info( 'name' ) ); ?></h4>
60.                     <span class="directorist-single-author-membership"><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Member since %s ago', 'directorist' ), $listing->author_info( 'member_since' ) ); ?></span>
61.                 </div>
62.  
63.             </div>
64.  
65.             <div class="directorist-single-author-contact-info">
66.  
67.                 <ul>
68.                     <?php if ( $address = $listing->author_info( 'address' ) ): ?>
69.                         <li>
70.                             <span class="<?php atbdp_icon_type( true );?>-map-marker"></span>
71.                             <span class="directorist-single-author-contact-info-text"><?php echo esc_html( $address ); ?></span>
72.                         </li>
73.                     <?php endif; ?>
74.  
75.  
76.                     <?php if ( $phone = $listing->author_info( 'phone' ) ): ?>
77.                         <li>
78.                             <span class="<?php atbdp_icon_type(true);?>-phone"></span>
79.                             <span class="directorist-single-author-contact-info-text">
80.                                 <a href="tel:<?php Helper::formatted_tel( $phone ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $phone ); ?></a>
81.                             </span>
82.                         </li>
83.                     <?php endif; ?>
84.  
85.                     <?php if ( $listing->author_display_email() ): ?>
86.                         <li>
87.                             <span class="<?php atbdp_icon_type(true);?>-envelope"></span>
88.                             <span class="directorist-single-author-contact-info-text"><?php echo esc_html( $listing->author_info( 'email' ) ); ?></span>
89.                         </li>
90.                     <?php endif; ?>
91.  
92.                     <?php if ( $website = $listing->author_info( 'website' ) ): ?>
93.                         <li>
94.                             <span class="<?php atbdp_icon_type(true);?>-globe"></span>
95.                             <a href="<?php echo esc_url( $website ); ?>" class="directorist-single-author-contact-info-text"><?php echo esc_url( $website ); ?></a>
96.                         </li>
97.                     <?php endif; ?>
98.                 </ul>
99.  
100.             </div>
101.  
102.             <?php if ( $listing->author_has_socials() ): ?>
103.                
104.                 <ul class="directorist-author-social">
105.                     <?php
106.                     if ( $facebook = $listing->author_info( 'facebook' ) ) {
107.                         printf('<li class="directorist-author-social-item"><a target="_blank" href="%s"><span class="'.atbdp_icon_type().'-facebook"></span></a></li>', $facebook);
108.                     }
109.                     if ( $twitter = $listing->author_info( 'twitter' ) ) {
110.                         printf('<li class="directorist-author-social-item"><a target="_blank" href="%s"><span class="'.atbdp_icon_type().'-twitter"></span></a></li>', $twitter);
111.                     }
112.                     if ( $linkedin = $listing->author_info( 'linkedin' ) ) {
113.                         printf('<li class="directorist-author-social-item"><a target="_blank" href="%s"><span class="'.atbdp_icon_type().'-linkedin"></span></a></li>', $linkedin);
114.                     }
115.                     if ( $youtube = $listing->author_info( 'youtube' ) ) {
116.                         printf('<li class="directorist-author-social-item"><a target="_blank" href="%s"><span class="'.atbdp_icon_type().'-youtube"></span></a></li>', $youtube);
117.                     }
118.                     ?>
119.                 </ul>
120.  
121.             <?php endif; ?>
122.  
123.             <a class="directorist-btn directorist-btn-primary directorist-btn-sm diretorist-view-profile-btn" href="<?php echo ATBDP_Permalink::get_user_profile_page_link( $author_id ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e( 'View Profile', 'directorist' ); ?></a>
124.            
125.         </div>
126.         <?php } ?>
127.     </div>
128.  
129. </div>
130. 
     

4. Outputs:

Backend:

Frontend: