kayeomalley

okay so I changed part of it and i’m only getting one result back. I would like to be able to select more than one user.

new code:`
<?php
/**
* Create the metabox
* @link https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/add_meta_box/
*/
function _namespace_create_metabox() {

// Can only be used on a single post type (ie. page or post or a custom post type).
// Must be repeated for each post type you want the metabox to appear on.
add_meta_box(
‘_namespace_metabox’, // Metabox ID
‘Some Metabox’, // Title to display
‘_namespace_render_metabox’, // Function to call that contains the metabox content
‘product’, // Post type to display metabox on
‘normal’, // Where to put it (normal = main colum, side = sidebar, etc.)
‘default’ // Priority relative to other metaboxes
);

}
add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘_namespace_create_metabox’ );

/**
* Render the metabox markup
* This is the function called in _namespace_create_metabox()
*/
function _namespace_render_metabox() {
// Variables
global $post; // Get the current post data

$details = $post->_namespace; // Get the saved values
// query array
$args = array(‘role’ => ‘author’);

$users = get_users($args);
if( empty($users) )
return;

echo'<select name=”_namespace_custom_metabox” id=”_namespace_custom_metabox” multiple=”mulitiple” >’;
foreach( $users as $user ){
echo ‘<option value=”‘.$user->data->user_login.'”>’.$user->data->display_name.'</option>’;
}
echo'</select>’;
echo $details;
echo ‘<br>’;
print_r($details);

// Security field
// This validates that submission came from the
// actual dashboard and not the front end or
// a remote server.
wp_nonce_field( ‘_namespace_form_metabox_nonce’, ‘_namespace_form_metabox_process’ );
}
/**
* Save the metabox
* @param Number $post_id The post ID
* @param Array $post The post data
*/
function _namespace_save_metabox( $post_id, $post ) {

// Verify that our security field exists. If not, bail.
if ( !isset( $_POST[‘_namespace_form_metabox_process’] ) ) return;

// Verify data came from edit/dashboard screen
if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[‘_namespace_form_metabox_process’], ‘_namespace_form_metabox_nonce’ ) ) {
return $post->ID;
}

// Verify user has permission to edit post
if ( !current_user_can( ‘edit_post’, $post->ID )) {
return $post->ID;
}

// Check that our custom fields are being passed along
// This is the name value array. We can grab all
// of the fields and their values at once.
if ( !isset( $_POST[‘_namespace_custom_metabox’] ) ) {
return $post->ID;
}
/**
* Sanitize the submitted data
* This keeps malicious code out of our database.
* wp_filter_post_kses strips our dangerous server values
* and allows through anything you can include a post.
*/
$sanitized = wp_filter_post_kses( $_POST[‘_namespace_custom_metabox’] );
// Save our submissions to the database
update_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_namespace’, $sanitized );

}
add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘_namespace_save_metabox’, 1, 2 );
/**
* Save events data to revisions
* @param Number $post_id The post ID
*/
function _namespace_save_revisions( $post_id ) {

// Check if it’s a revision
$parent_id = wp_is_post_revision( $post_id );

// If is revision
if ( $parent_id ) {

// Get the saved data
$parent = get_post( $parent_id );
$details = $post->_namespace;

// If data exists and is an array, add to revision
if ( !empty( $details ) ) {
add_metadata( ‘post’, $post_id, ‘_namespace’, $details );
}

}

}
add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘_namespace_save_revisions’ );
/**
* Restore events data with post revisions
* @param Number $post_id The post ID
* @param Number $revision_id The revision ID
*/
function _namespace_restore_revisions( $post_id, $revision_id ) {

// Variables
$post = get_post( $post_id ); // The post
$revision = get_post( $revision_id ); // The revision
$details = $post->_namespace; // The historic version

// Replace our saved data with the old version
update_post_meta( $post_id, ‘_namespace’, $details );

}
add_action( ‘wp_restore_post_revision’, ‘_namespace_restore_revisions’, 10, 2 );

/**
* Get the data to display on the revisions page
* @param Array $fields The fields
* @return Array The fields
*/
function _namespace_get_revisions_fields( $fields ) {
// Set a title
$fields[‘_namespace’] = ‘Some Item’;
return $fields;
}
add_filter( ‘_wp_post_revision_fields’, ‘_namespace_get_revisions_fields’ );

/**
* Display the data on the revisions page
* @param String|Array $value The field value
* @param Array $field The field
*/
function _namespace_display_revisions_fields( $value, $field ) {
global $revision;
return get_metadata( ‘post’, $revision->ID, $field, true );
}
add_filter( ‘_wp_post_revision_field_my_meta’, ‘_namespace_display_revisions_fields’, 10, 2 );

?>

I’m not sure which comment you are trying to point to. How do you tell what a comments number is?

<?php   $user_name = get_the_author_meta('user_login');
		$args = array('post_type'=>array('product'),
    'tax_query' => array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'author',
            'terms' => $user_name,
            'field' => 'name',
        )
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'title', 'order' => 'ASC');
		        query_posts($args);
                  //the loop start here
                     if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

			 <table style="width:100%">
                 <tr style="border: none; ">
                    <th style="width:18%; border: none;" valign="top">
                       <?php echo the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
                    </th>
                   <th style="border: none;">
                        <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo the_title();?></a>
                   <br><br>
                    <?php the_excerpt();?>
                   </th>
                </tr>
            </table> 

I noticed there was a missing < at the beginning

i don’t know if anyone is still looking for this answer, but how I got it to work was this:

?php   $user_name = get_the_author_meta('user_login');
		$args = array('post_type'=>array('product'),
    'tax_query' => array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'author',
            'terms' => $user_name,
            'field' => 'name',
        )
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'title', 'order' => 'ASC');
		        query_posts($args);
                  //the loop start here
                     if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

			 <table style="width:100%">
                 <tr style="border: none; ">
                    <th style="width:18%; border: none;" valign="top">
                       <?php echo the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
                    </th>
                   <th style="border: none;">
                        <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo the_title();?></a>
                   <br><br>
                    <?php the_excerpt();?>
                   </th>
                </tr>
            </table> 

I hope this helps someone

I’ve tried several methods so far and they work as long as i don’t have the pmpro plugin active. I do not at this moment see a way to restrict usernames with this plugin in use.

the plugin restrict usernames does not work with pmpro. It does work if I don’t use pmpro.

Trying the other suggestions…

nevermind i got it to work

Thank you!!

figured it out