Replace 'author' fields on news archive with ACF Pro field

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#1

Hello,

On my site - http://walrustri.com/news/ - I would like to replace the automatic author field (that appears in the post metadata) with a custom field from ACF Pro. Is that possible?

Thanks!
Alex

#2

Hello @AlexH,

Thanks for writing in! :slight_smile

You can only hide the author field by checking Hide Authors checkbox in the custom field group settings, and add your new custom field that you would like to show.

Hope that helps.

#3

Hi Jumar,

I’m referring to the author name that appears in the blog archive as part of the ‘post meta’. I can turn the post meta on and off through the theme customiser, but really I just want to turn the author meta off, and replace it with my own field… hope that makes sense!

Alex

#4

Hi Alex,

To achieve that, you can add the code below in your child theme’s functions.php file then modify it as you wish.

 function x_renew_entry_meta() {

    //
    // Author.
    //

    $author = sprintf( '<span>%s</span>',
      get_the_author()
    );


    //
    // Date.
    //

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


    //
    // Categories.
    //

    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>%s</span>',
          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>%s</span>',
        trim( $categories_output, $separator )
      );
    }


    //
    // Comments link.
    //

    if ( comments_open() ) {

      $title  = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_title', get_the_title() );
      $link   = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_link', get_comments_link() );
      $number = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_number', get_comments_number() );


	  $text = ( 0 == $number ) ? __( 'Leave a Comment', '__x__' ) : sprintf( _n( '%s Comment', '%s Comments', $number, '__x__' ), $number );


	  $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$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 ) ),
        $text
      );

    } else {

      $comments = '';

    }


    //
    // Output.
    //

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

  }

You may want to change this part


    //
    // Author.
    //

    $author = sprintf( '<span>%s</span>',
      get_the_author()
    );

Thanks

#5

Super - it works! I changed get_the_author() to the_field(‘author’). Strangely it no longer outputs the result inline with the other meta items though… see attached. Not sure why that is!?

Thanks for the great help.

Alex

#6

Hi Alex,

Try to use get_field('author') instead of the_field('author')

Thanks

#7

Superb - that worked a charm!

Thanks @paul.r!