User Role Template Tag

I’m bumping this up, because I would like to see this too, so that I can insert bylines on my posts to identify the writer as an administrator, editor, contributor, etc.

Having a template tag for this is a great idea. I’ll submit a patch to provide one, but since that will take a while to filter down into a release, here’s some code that will display the user role:

[Edited – see below]

Keep in mind this, like the_author* template tags, is intended for use in The Loop. Perhaps much to take in if you don’t know what’s going on, but basically it culls the capabilities bit from the $authordata array that already exists within the post loop, and assigns it to $role.

This SHOULD work for my intended purpose. Thank you for you assistance and your greater skill.

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Ah perfect, thanks Kafkaesqui. I can’t wait to get the tag in later releases.

Cheers.

Hmm, I should update this with changes I made to the submitted *patch.* Looks more complicated, but makes collecting the role far less likely to encounter problems with the way it’s stored in the capabilities record:

<?php
global $wpdb, $wp_roles, $authordata;
foreach($wp_roles->role_names as $role => $Role) {
	$caps = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
	if (array_key_exists($role, $authordata->$caps)) {
		echo $Role;
		break;
	}
}
?>

Note that:

echo $Role;

prints the role with an initial cap (i.e. Author). Change the line to:

echo $role;

for all lowercase.

Hi kafkaesqui,

strangely, this only works if I am logged in.. what I want to do though is showing the role of the author on the single.php, no matter if I myself am logged in or not..

How would I need to change your code to do that?

Hi ixray,

That is strange. Try the following modification:

<?php
global $wpdb, $wp_roles, $authordata;

if ( !isset($wp_roles) )
	$wp_roles = new WP_Roles();

foreach($wp_roles->role_names as $role => $Role) {
	$caps = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
	if (array_key_exists($role, $authordata->$caps)) {
		echo $Role;
		break;
	}
}
?>