4.4.0 update changed guest author bylines
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https://theurbanist.org automatically updated to 4.4.0 today, and it seems to have broken how guest authors are displayed. An example is https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/12/03/alternative-light-rail-alignments-into-downtown-tacoma-a-mapped-review/ , which is authored by a guest author. However, you can see that the byline lists Natalie (who is the editor, and has a proper account. At the bottom of the page, you can see Troy’s bio listed, who is the actual guest author associated with the article. This change happened today, with 4.4.0.
Wordpress version is 5.8.2, php version 7.3.31, and using Newspaper theme 11.2.
The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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It’s also worth noting that for normal articles written by Natalie, you can click on her name in the byline at the top. For example, https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/12/02/lynnwoods-city-center-transforming-strip-malls-into-a-dense-urban-neighborhood/ allows you to click on her name to see all of her authored articles. However, since https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/12/03/alternative-light-rail-alignments-into-downtown-tacoma-a-mapped-review/ is not written by her and is actually authored by a guest user, Natalie’s name is not clickable at the top.
When I go into /wp-admin/ and list posts, Troy shows up as the article author with a little “[guest]” by his name. So it seems like this is just a problem with the way guest authors are displayed, rather than any kind of database/backend issue.
Oops, it looks like they modified the site and created a real user for Troy. Instead of the above link, use the following instead to see how the bylines are broken:
https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/02/15/st-2040-a-shovel-ready-vision-for-seattle-and-sound-transit/
The guest authors (Ace & Conor) are at the bottom of the page, while the top page byline instead lists Stephen.
I also just tested with the 4.4.1 release, and it’s still broken.
Same issue here on earlylearningnation.com.
I hate to modify my theme to use
the_molongui_author();which is not ideal, because I can’t change this in the child theme of the one I’ve purchased. How to fix?ETA: the code my theme uses:
the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author );where $author is defined as:$author = '' == $pid ? get_the__author() : get_post_field( 'post_author', $pid );
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