How to display posts by single author in essential grid?

[Sophiamp]

Hello,

I would like to make a grid that pulls only posts from a single author.

What is the code I write in ‘Additional parameters’ to achieve this? I have searched but did not find a clear answer.

Thanks,

Sophie

[jumar]

Hello @SophiePeirce,

Thanks for writing in!

That’s possible with Essential Grid plus custom query: Advanced Additional Parameters

All we need to is change the parameters present on the $query variable.

First, add the parameters on query like this:

if($grid_id == YOUR_GRID_ID) {
   $query['meta_query'] = array( 'author' =>  'THE_AUTHOR_ID', 'orderby' =>  'post_date', 'order' =>  'ASC' );
}

Then change the value of YOUR_GRID_ID and the THE_AUTHOR_ID to their respective values.

You can use the full code below. Kindly add this to your functions.php. Please don’t forget to update the ID’s:

// code can be added to your themes functions.php file
 
add_filter('essgrid_query_caching', 'eg_stop_caching', 10, 2);
add_filter('essgrid_get_posts', 'eg_mod_query', 10, 2);
 
// turn off caching for your grid
function eg_stop_caching($do_cache, $grid_id) {
 
if($grid_id == YOUR_GRID_ID) return false;
return true;
 
}
 
function eg_mod_query($query, $grid_id){
 
// show only posts from specific author
if($grid_id == YOUR_GRID_ID){
 
$query['meta_query'] = array( 'author' =>  'THE_AUTHOR_ID', 'orderby' =>  'post_date', 'order' =>  'ASC' );

}
 
return $query;
 
}

Hope that helps.