Anyone familiar with WP's functions.php?

muscleteen · Feb 14, 2014

Okay, so I'm using the Twenty Thirteen theme. Under each post title, there is the author name that links to the author page (which links to all the posts of the author). But since the website has only 1 author, the author page is basically a replica of the home page (Yep, duplicate content issues).

I would like to keep the author name there, but remove the link to the author page. I don't know PHP at all, but I'm pretty sure it has to do with the functions.php file, more specifically, this part (the last lines):

Code:

function twentythirteen_entry_meta() {
	if ( is_sticky() && is_home() && ! is_paged() )
		echo '<span class="featured-post">' . __( 'Sticky', 'twentythirteen' ) . '</span>';

	if ( ! has_post_format( 'link' ) && 'post' == get_post_type() )
		twentythirteen_entry_date();

	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) );
	if ( $categories_list ) {
		echo '<span class="categories-links">' . $categories_list . '</span>';
	}

	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) );
	if ( $tag_list ) {
		echo '<span class="tags-links">' . $tag_list . '</span>';
	}

	// Post author
	if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) {
		printf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>',
			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentythirteen' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			get_the_author()
		);
	}
}

Can anyone help? (And yes, I have already created a child theme)

BHW-News · Feb 14, 2014

Do you have a link to the website? What I THINK you have done, set as a static page, so it looks like there's two of the same. Would need to see it really, PM if need.

lord1027 · Feb 14, 2014

sgudav said:
Do you have a link to the website? What I THINK you have done, set as a static page, so it looks like there's two of the same. Would need to see it really, PM if need.

What you are looking for can be found in single.php if I'm not wrong. Add me on Skype if you need any help, I am not an expert but I can easily do stuff like this.
Edit: my bad, it should be in functions.php, but not the code you posted here.

mickyfu · Feb 14, 2014

I am no expert but I would take a guess at removing the href="%1$s". By no expert I do not mean I am clueless.

muscleteen · Feb 14, 2014

sgudav said:
Do you have a link to the website? What I THINK you have done, set as a static page, so it looks like there's two of the same. Would need to see it really, PM if need.

No, it's not set to static. I'm still trying a couple of things, then will PM you if I can't. Thanks!

@mickyfu:
Yes, taking the "href" out does take out the link, but it leaves it with the "View all posts by AUTHOR" upon hovering with the cursor.

Actually, I was able to take the link out, but ideally, I would want no "extra" coding. Just the piece needed to display the author's name.

mickyfu · Feb 14, 2014

If you do not want the hover text take title="%2$s" out of it. I would guess that is the title to the link.

laowai · Feb 14, 2014

Try to change this:

Code:

printf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>',

to this:

Code:

printf( '<span class="author vcard">%3$s</span>',

If you want to also remove View all posts by AUTHOR

then try to replace this:

Code:

esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentythirteen' ), get_the_author() ) ),

with

Code:

'',

Gogol · Feb 14, 2014

Replace the old function with the new one (I would have modified it as a child theme but this works too)

Code:

function twentythirteen_entry_meta() {
    if ( is_sticky() && is_home() && ! is_paged() )
        echo '<span class="featured-post">' . __( 'Sticky', 'twentythirteen' ) . '</span>';

    if ( ! has_post_format( 'link' ) && 'post' == get_post_type() )
        twentythirteen_entry_date();

    // Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
    $categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) );
    if ( $categories_list ) {
        echo '<span class="categories-links">' . $categories_list . '</span>';
    }

    // Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
    $tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) );
    if ( $tag_list ) {
        echo '<span class="tags-links">' . $tag_list . '</span>';
    }

    // Post author
    if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) {
    
        printf( '<span class="author vcard">%s</span>',
            
            get_the_author()
        );
    }
}

muscleteen · Feb 14, 2014

Thanks guys! I used a combination of what you suggested to get an output that I want! Looks good now!

prab1996 · Feb 14, 2014

^ so many replies , people love to help muscleteen.
i thought you will never return to bhw (you were offline since some months)
welcome back.
-=-

muscleteen · Feb 14, 2014

prab1996 said:
^ so many replies , people love to help muscleteen.

Naaahh. People on here generally like to help (everyone).

prab1996 said:
i thought you will never return to bhw (you were offline since some months)

Oh you noticed! Yeah, I was very busy with Uni. Med school is getting tougher every year :-(

prab1996 said:
welcome back.

Thank you man

I appreciate it.

jazzc · Feb 14, 2014

Moved from the Lounge.

umerjutt00 · Feb 21, 2014

It may be hard to do that without checking it in real time.

Try removing that part after // Post author.

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