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FCC Open Byline Authors

This plugin adds options to assign alternate post authors as bylines without creating WordPress user accounts. The selected author name and link will be shown on posts in place of the original post author. If no "Open Byline Author" is assigned to a post, the original post author will be used.

by FCC Interactive · github.com/openfcci/fcc-open-byline-authors · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/openfcci/fcc-open-byline-authors/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Readme github.com/openfcci/fcc-open-byline-authors ↗

Open Byline Authors

This plugin adds options to assign alternate post authors as bylines without creating WordPress user accounts. The selected author name and link will be shown on posts in place of the original post author. If no "Open Byline Author" is assigned to a post, the original post author will be used.

Roadmap

  • ENHANCEMENTS: Extending The Term Form - OBA Edit Page Meta
    • [ ] Show all meta as editable fields on the OBA edit page
    • [ ] OBA Meta
      • [ ] Username = slug
      • [ ] old_id (for import remappings)
      • [ ] Social links meta*
        • [ ] Auto-post to twitter & Facebook with publicise.
      • [ ] OBA avatar image support*
        • [ ] Image uploader on OBA edit page
        • [ ] Avatar image links array*
  • [ ] FEATURE - FILTER HOOKS: Filter hooks mapping matching WordPress core real user/author meta fields and value format.
    • [x] Author Name (the_author)
    • [x] Author Display Name (get_the_author_display_name)
    • [x] Author Archive Permalink (author_link)
    • [x] Author Description/Bio (get_the_author_description)
    • [x] Author Avatar/Profile Picture (get_avatar)
    • [ ] Author Email
    • [ ] Author social links
    • [ ] More/Misc (the goal is to mirror most of the useful fields in the User Profile)
  • [ ] FEATURE: OBA Multi-author support
  • [ ] FEATURE: Import & remap/convert OBA terms from WP Importer WXR export file.
  • [ ] FEATURE: Generate OBA term from existing real user/author
  • [ ] FEATURE: Ability to link OBA term to real user/author
    • [ ] Sync meta between OBA and real user/author
      • [ ] Show Link :link: icon if OBA term linked to real user

* Match the WordPress core user meta value format.

OBA/User Value Map

Field WP Value WRX Value OBA Meta
User ID ID author_id user_id (match real current user id)
Old ID author_id author_id old_id (ID from import)
Username user_login author_login slug
User Nicename user_nicename — slug (same as username)
Nickname* nickname — nickname (if null set to slug)
Display Name display_name — names
Email user_email author_email author_email
First Name first_name author_first_name author_first_name
Last Name last_name author_last_name author_last_name
description description — description
Website user_url — user_url
Role — old_role :question:
Avatar — simple_local_avatar :question:

* User meta.

Look Into:

  • user_registered
  • primary_blog
  • source_domain
  • Social Links
  • Sites / Owner of Sites / Sites owned/contributed to
  • number of posts of posts?
  • posts attributed to?

WXR Post Author and "Guest Author" Custom Taxonomy

<item>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
  <category domain="author" nicename="admin"><![CDATA[admin]]></category>
</item>
  • domain="open_byline_author"
  • nicename="oba-slug"

Reference

Get Term Object

The fields returned are:

  • term_id (int)
  • name
  • slug
  • term_group (int) :question:
  • term_taxonomy_id (int)
  • taxonomy
  • description
  • parent (int)
  • count (int)

Get User Data

users

  • ID
  • user_login
  • user_pass
  • user_nicename
  • user_email
  • user_url
  • user_registered
  • display_name

user_meta

  • first_name
  • last_name
  • nickname
  • description
  • wp_capabilities (array)
  • admin_color (Theme of your admin page. Default is fresh.)
  • closedpostboxes_page
  • primary_blog
  • rich_editing
  • source_domain

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