Hope you can add an option to add external URL that can be used as an avatar of the guest author.

Hi Jones ??

I have created a section to fetch guest authors name, image(avatar/custom) and bio to fetch below my blog post article, but unfortunately only name is coming accurately, can you please suggest what should I do in order to fetch all accurately. Thanks : )
Here is the code I tried

<?php
						global $post;

						$post_author_name = '';

						if (function_exists('sgan_get_guest_author_name')) {
							$guest_author_name = sgan_get_guest_author_name($post->ID);
							if (!empty($guest_author_name)) {
								$post_author_name = $guest_author_name;
							}
						}

						if (empty($post_author_name)) {
							$post_author_id = $post->post_author;
							$post_author_data = get_userdata($post_author_id);
							if ($post_author_data) {
								$post_author_name = get_the_author($post_id);
							}
						}

						$author_bio = '';

						if (!empty($post_author_id)) {
							$author_bio = get_the_author_meta('description', $post_author_id);
						}

						if (!empty($post_author_name)) {
							$author_image_url = get_avatar_url($post_author_id);
						?>

When running WordPress 6.4.3 and PHP 8.2, the following warning is in the logs for this plugin.

Creation of dynamic property sfly_guest_author::$comment_list is deprecated

Recently, WordPress volunteers have been testing plugins for security vulnerabilities. This plugin was flagged for a critical issue that occurs as follows:

You are an administrator or editor who has injected scripts in the guest author description field that puts your users at risk. If this is you, this plugin can no longer be used for this purpose.

This is the same issue that is causing multiple plugins to be flagged for security issues. It is very important that these issues be resolved even though it may cause temporary inconvenience.

If you would like to contribute to this effort, I believe that there may be cash awards for finding vulnerabilities. We hope that this effort will make WordPress sites safer for the internet.

Why has this plugin been removed from WordPress? My Wordfence security plugin is indicating a “critical” vulnerability. What’s the story? Has the plugin been abandoned?

Advice appreciated. Do I need to find another plugin to do this job?

Hello there,

I am using a plugin called Author List.
I need to display all my authors, including guest authors.

What is the exact taxonomy, role or post type so I can include them in my list?|

I tried: sfly_guest_author_name or sfly_guest_author_names but that does not list my guests.

Thank you.

How to get the post GUEST AUTHOR NAME from https://www.domainname/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?

The JSON result from WordPress https://www.domain_name/wp-json/wp/v2/posts can only show the registered user (author) who has created the post. How do I retrieve the override name (guest_author_name), I want to show on mobile app the guest_author_name instead of a user who posted.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by tentech.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by tentech.

This plugin appears to not work with the latest wordpress version as of 3/27/23

Hi,

I keep getting lots of php errors in our server log. Everything seems to work fine but it makes debugging other issues a hastle. MAybe you can fix it. For reference, we are using php 8.1 with the latest version of wordpress

This is the error:

Got error ‘PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “url” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 677PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_email” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 678PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “user_description” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 679PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “display_name” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 680PHP message: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “ID” on bool in …httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/guest-author-name-premium/guest-authors.php on line 682’`

The plugin is causing an issue so that either the wrong image is showing for the author or the image links are broken. When i deactivate the plugin the issue goes away.

Method guest_author_name() of the plugin contains log output of post id and author name. Tell me please, what is that for?
Version 4.32 (Stable Tag 4.33)

function guest_author_name( $name ) {
	$id = $this->get_post_id();
	error_log( 'post-id=' . $id );
	$author = get_post_meta( $id, 'sfly_guest_author_names', true );
	if ( $author ) {
		$name = $author;
		error_log( $author );
	}
	return $name;
}

• This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by MaxRGB.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by MaxRGB.

Can you please add the following features:

1- Option to disable author URL. (If we want to display only the author name without any hyperlink in the post)

2- Option to Update author’s job. (There is a “job” field in the wordpress’s profile edit page. It is useful because it can display user’s job role like editor, author etc… And since we’re using a Guest Name so we can customize the job to Guest Author or similar)

3- The user bio does not seem to be working on WP 6.0.2. (Might be a compatibility issue with my theme but can I fix it?)

Regards.

We’re looking to upgrade so we’d like to know beforehand.

Thanks

The post has been published with a guest name and link. When trying to edit this page and replace the name and/or link, the changes aren’t saved in the admin panel or the published post page.

It seems the plugin hasn’t received an update in a while. Is it still actively being developed and tested?

I would want to have the Author’s name at the beginning of the post like

“Written by Author Name”

Hi,

I tried reaching out through the email address provided on the shoofly website and through an email address from an earlier support question, but I’m not getting a reply. Are you available for support?

The question concerned an error I am getting in chromse dev console in the post admin area:

guest-author-post.js?ver=1.1.13:1 Uncaught TypeError: jQuery(…).select2 is not a function

at guest-author-post.js?ver=1.1.13:1:42

Not sure what the consequences are, but wanted to let you know anyway.

I do have another question that is more immediate:
I am trying to make a guest author page without using the archive function because that doesn’t seem to be compatible with Multisite Language Swichter (MSLS doesn’t recognize the slug). The problem I am facing is that I can’t get the WP_Query in my single-guest-author.php to show only the posts from the specific author for that author page. If I enable the archive function in your plugin I can get it to work on archive-guest-author.php with the standard if ( have_posts() ) query, so I guess it is possible, but I can’t figure out the query $args to select a guest author, I always get the posts for the original user (which means all posts). Nay ideas?

Best,

Wouter

• This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by wouterdoorn.

Hi,

with 5.9.2 the Guest Author name is not displayed in the Author Column in post list.

Thx!

Hi there, our editor just noticed that the plugin appears to be only working on the desktop version of our website. This just happened recently and was wondering if there’s been any record of conflicts with the latest plugin version with the plugins and/or WordPress versions? The mobile version displays the default login account name. Any thoughts on what could be causing this? The plugin works fine except when viewed on a mobile browser. Thanks!

Are username changer plugins compatible with Guest Author Name?

Hi there, and thank you for this wonderful plugin!

I have some suggestions for your future updates of the plugin, that I hope you will consider going forward, as it would make things much easier for many users.

Currently I see you are not using the tags system for releases, this means any existing version of the plugin is deleted whenever you make an update. This causes issues for example in scenarios where a user has used your plugin via composer packages, since the packages now no longer exist and will break a deployment.

Adopting the use of tags is very easy, and actually a best practice from the plugins team as well (see https://developer.www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-org/how-to-use-subversion/#always-tag-releases), this also allows users to downgrade if a breaking bug should accidentally sneak in with a release. This is doubly important with the availability of automated updates in WordPress core. (See the plugin teams recommendations about this at https://make.www.ads-software.com/plugins/2021/03/16/trunk-vs-tags-which-is-better-tags/)

Again, thank you for all the hard work you put into this, it is very much appreciated!

This is the Fifth attempt I am making about to contact you with problems I am having with your plugin.

We are also using Simple Author Box which your documentation says in totally compatible.

First Problem

Guest Author box display the Social Media accounts of the poster and NOT the Guest Author.
https://i4dttest.wpengine.com/test-guest-author/

Second Problem

Multi-Author DOES NOT work. It does not insert the authors in the by-line and it does not display the correct author boxes.
https://i4dttest.wpengine.com/test-multi-author/

Your website says if you have a problem to contact you for problems.

Please respond!

The newest update contains the “Disable guest author for comments (beta)” option. This option can not be saved on my installs (I used it on several different WordPress based websites). When clicked (selected) and then saved, after the page reloads the option is unselected again. This effect does not happen with other options, for instance the “Display Guest Author in Author Column in Post list/admin” option is still selected after saving. How can I make sure the “Disable guest author for comments (beta)” option is saved and used?

I have problems with your plugin but I think everyone. One problem is that you don’t see the guest author but the biggest problem is that the pages are not amp compatible and give validation errors. This is unthinkable because Amp is becoming an essential protocol.
The error is: An invalid layout is specified in the AMP HTML tag attributes.
Best regards
Paolo

Hi there, our team was able to install the (Simply) Guest Author Name plugin onto both our websites. The first one is deployed and live and everything works fine. The second one is currently being developed. However, we are not able to display the Guest Author Name on this second website for some reason. Both websites are using the same WP theme (Gillion by Shufflehound) the only difference is the second website is in a development environment on the server. Aside from that, I can’t determine why the plugin works for one website and NOT the other. Please help?

I have had my site running for a while now. It’s a multi author website where people form all around the world contribute articles.

To support the idea, I had been using the plugin (Simply) Author Name and it was working great for me.

Now that I have upgraded the site to accommodate registered users, it seems like the plugin cannot work along with site registration option.
When logged in as a user, every time I open a post, the username changes to the one in the post (previously set).

And when I deactivate the plugin, all the published post changes the author to ‘admin’.

Is there a way to retain the author names from the plugin and support user registration?

Hi there –

I love the idea of this plugin but when I tried to install on the Newspaper (TagDiv) theme, the results were odd – basically mixing information between the actual WordPress author and the ‘Guest Author’ in various places.

There are a couple of people who were going back and forth about this in the TagDiv forums a couple months back but I don’t think it had been resolved.

Have you run into others using the Newspaper theme and, if so, were they able to find a resolution?

Thx!

Hi Shoofly, I would like allowing html in description,
How to set allow html in description please? Thank you

Is it possible to use this plugin on AMP pages? In my case, it is not working.

I would like to have the functionality of the premium version, but I simply cannot find a way to get it. Links are broken/non-functional.

It looks like a fine plugin, but how would I know?

HI there,

I′m trying to get the plugin working on my divi (elegant themes) site.
But can′t get it to work ?? I followed the steps on the getting started guide, even its form the pro version. (https://www.plugins.shooflysolutions.com/guest-author-name/knowledge-base/getting-started-checklist/ )

If I get this to work, I would definitly get the pro version for uploading images.
So, Im very happy for support.

Best wishes, Lars