I’ve found the answer to half of my issue (how to add author’s name to post) from this thread: http://theme.co/x/member/forums/topic/author-display/

However, is there a way to make it so that the author’s name is clickable (as a link) to that particular author’s page?

Thanks for writing in. I am curious as which function you’re after as you can simply add the script as shown here:

<?php $author = get_the_author(); ?>

and have the post show the author’s public name. Or if you’re after the author’s name with a link to a page, you can add this code instead (Take note that the website link should be filled up through the author’s profile when then sign in)

<p>Written by: <?php the_author_link(); ?></p>

Hope this helps!

It was the 2nd script that I was looking for.

Can you tell me where I need to add the script to? I am using a Child (Ethos) theme as well.

Thanks for writing in!

In the Edit Post page, you will find Screen Options at the top. Select the checkbox with the label Author. By selecting this, your post will display the author, category, and date of the post.

To put a link on the author’s name, paste the following in the child theme’s functions.php file:

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_ethos_entry_meta' ) ) :
  function x_ethos_entry_meta() {

    $author = ' by <a href="'.  get_bloginfo('url').'/author/'.get_the_author_link().'">'.get_the_author().'</a></span>';

    $date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
      esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
      esc_html( get_the_date() )
    );

    if ( get_post_type() == 'x-portfolio' ) {
      if ( has_term( '', 'portfolio-category', NULL ) ) {
        $categories        = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'portfolio-category' );
        $separator         = ', ';
        $categories_output = '';
        foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
          $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                              . get_term_link( $category->slug, 'portfolio-category' )
                              . '" title="'
                              . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                              . '"> '
                              . $category->name
                              . '</a>'
                              . $separator;
        }

        $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>In %s',
          trim( $categories_output, $separator )
        );
      } else {
        $categories_list = '';
      }
    } else {
      $categories        = get_the_category();
      $separator         = ', ';
      $categories_output = '';
      foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
        $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                            . get_category_link( $category->term_id )
                            . '" title="'
                            . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                            . '"> '
                            . $category->name
                            . '</a>'
                            . $separator;
      }

      $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>In %s',
        trim( $categories_output, $separator )
      );
    }

    if ( comments_open() ) {
      $title  = get_the_title();
      $link   = get_comments_link();
      $number = get_comments_number();
      if ( $number == 0 ) {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          __( 'Leave a Comment' , '__x__' )
        );
      } else if ( $number == 1 ) {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          $number . ' ' . __( 'Comment' , '__x__' )
        );
      } else {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          $number . ' ' . __( 'Comments' , '__x__' )
        );
      }
    } else {
      $comments = '';
    }

    $post_type           = get_post_type();
    $post_type_post      = $post_type == 'post';
    $post_type_portfolio = $post_type == 'x-portfolio';
    $no_post_meta        = x_get_option( 'x_blog_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;
    $no_portfolio_meta   = x_get_option( 'x_portfolio_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;

    if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta || $post_type_portfolio && $no_portfolio_meta ) {
      return;
    } else {
      printf( '<p class="p-meta">%1$s%2$s%3$s%4$s</p>',
        $categories_list,
        $author,
        $date,
        $comments
      );
    }

  }
endif;

Hope this helps!

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Please put this code in functions.php of your child theme.

<?php

// =============================================================================
// FUNCTIONS.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Overwrite or add your own custom functions to X in this file.
// =============================================================================
if ( ! function_exists( 'x_ethos_entry_meta' ) ) :
  function x_ethos_entry_meta() {

    $author = sprintf( ' by <a href="'.get_the_author_link().'">%s</a></span>',
      get_the_author()
    );
    
    $date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
      esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
      esc_html( get_the_date() )
    );

    if ( get_post_type() == 'x-portfolio' ) {
      if ( has_term( '', 'portfolio-category', NULL ) ) {
        $categories        = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'portfolio-category' );
        $separator         = ', ';
        $categories_output = '';
        foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
          $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                              . get_term_link( $category->slug, 'portfolio-category' )
                              . '" title="'
                              . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                              . '"> '
                              . $category->name
                              . '</a>'
                              . $separator;
        }

        $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>In %s',
          trim( $categories_output, $separator )
        );
      } else {
        $categories_list = '';
      }
    } else {
      $categories        = get_the_category();
      $separator         = ', ';
      $categories_output = '';
      foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
        $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                            . get_category_link( $category->term_id )
                            . '" title="'
                            . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                            . '"> '
                            . $category->name
                            . '</a>'
                            . $separator;
      }

      $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>In %s',
        trim( $categories_output, $separator )
      );
    }

    if ( comments_open() ) {
      $title  = get_the_title();
      $link   = get_comments_link();
      $number = get_comments_number();
      if ( $number == 0 ) {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          __( 'Leave a Comment' , '__x__' )
        );
      } else if ( $number == 1 ) {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          $number . ' ' . __( 'Comment' , '__x__' )
        );
      } else {
        $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          $number . ' ' . __( 'Comments' , '__x__' )
        );
      }
    } else {
      $comments = '';
    }

    $post_type           = get_post_type();
    $post_type_post      = $post_type == 'post';
    $post_type_portfolio = $post_type == 'x-portfolio';
    $no_post_meta        = x_get_option( 'x_blog_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;
    $no_portfolio_meta   = x_get_option( 'x_portfolio_enable_post_meta' ) == 0;

    if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta || $post_type_portfolio && $no_portfolio_meta ) {
      return;
    } else {
      printf( '<p class="p-meta">%1$s%2$s%3$s%4$s</p>',
        $categories_list,
        $author,
        $date,
        $comments
      );
    }

  }
endif;

Thanks