{"id":260,"date":"2019-03-31T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T10:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/molongui-author-select\/"},"modified":"2022-02-26T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T14:17:22","slug":"molongui-author-select","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/molongui-author-select\/","title":{"rendered":"molongui_author_select"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"260\" class=\"elementor elementor-260\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4712076 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4712076\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe6b9d9\" data-id=\"fe6b9d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c442e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c442e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This shortcode allows you to display a dropdown select listing (all the) authors from your blog.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aeaf796 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aeaf796\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d70b32b\" data-id=\"d70b32b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b574152 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"b574152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-exclamation-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc094d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc094d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Developers Only<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad65401\" data-id=\"ad65401\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e1012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e1012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>This shortcode is intended for developers only.<\/strong><br \/>It does nothing by itself, so you need to code some logic that handles user selection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f505a10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f505a10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdef882\" data-id=\"fdef882\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1a07a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f1a07a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The dropdown does nothing by itself&#8230; meaning that you need to code some logic that handles user selection. You can find it useful to selectively display author information based on user selection.<\/p>\n<p>It can be used anywhere within WordPress where shortcodes are supported. For most users, this will primarily be within the content of a WordPress post or page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4e4ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d4e4ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Example<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad7aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ad7aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The trivial shortcode would be:<\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample\"><p class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-title\">Editor input<\/p><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-box molongui-shortcode-sample-input\"><div>[molongui_author_select]<\/div><\/div><p class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-title\">Frontend output<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62aeacc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"62aeacc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<select style=\"width: 200px;\">\n<option value=\"\">Select an author<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-286\" data-author-id=\"286\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Claire Williams<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-303\" data-author-id=\"303\" data-author-type=\"guest\">James White<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-3234\" data-author-id=\"3234\" data-author-type=\"guest\">John Smith<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-307\" data-author-id=\"307\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Nick Goldman<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-289\" data-author-id=\"289\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Noah Backer<\/option>\n<option value=\"guest-304\" data-author-id=\"304\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Olivia Adams<\/option>\n<\/select>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5e339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb5e339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For your convenience as a coder, you can also modify <code>select<\/code> tag attributes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample\"><p class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-title\">Editor input<\/p><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-box molongui-shortcode-sample-input\"><div>[molongui_author_select select_id=myId select_class=myClass]<\/div><\/div><p class=\"molongui-shortcode-sample-title\">Frontend output<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3811f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"e3811f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"1\" class=\"highlight-height language-html line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp><select id=\"myId\" class=\"myClass\">\n   <option value=\"\">Select an author<\/option>\n   <option value=\"user-1\" data-author-id=\"1\" data-author-type=\"user\">Claire Williams<\/option>\n   <option value=\"guest-303\" data-author-id=\"303\" data-author-type=\"guest\">James White<\/option>\n   <option value=\"user-32\" data-author-id=\"32\" data-author-type=\"user\">John Smith<\/option>\n   <option value=\"guest-307\" data-author-id=\"307\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Nick Goldman<\/option>\n   <option value=\"guest-289\" data-author-id=\"289\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Noah Backer<\/option>\n   <option value=\"guest-304\" data-author-id=\"304\" data-author-type=\"guest\">Olivia Adams<\/option>\n<\/select><\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcbd3fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bcbd3fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b7b14c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b7b14c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9292c1d\" data-id=\"9292c1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c643b21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c643b21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Attributes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fe708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40fe708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Check out below all the available attributes this shortcode can take:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ec3f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74ec3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">type<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Type of authors to list.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts &#8220;authors&#8221;, &#8220;users&#8221; or &#8220;guests&#8221;.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-default\">Defaults to <span>authors<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">order<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Designates the ascending or descending order of the &#8220;orderby&#8221; parameter.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts &#8220;asc&#8221; or &#8220;desc&#8221;.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-default\">Defaults to <span>asc<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">orderby<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Sort retrieved authors by parameter.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts &#8220;name&#8221;, &#8220;first_name&#8221;, &#8220;last_name&#8221;, &#8220;mail&#8221;, &#8220;job&#8221;, &#8220;company&#8221; or &#8220;post_count.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-default\">Defaults to <span>name<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">exclude_users<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Comma separated list of registered authors to exclude from being listed.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">exclude_guests<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Comma separated list of guest authors to exclude from being listed.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">with_posts<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Whether to list only those authors with at least one authored post.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-default\">Defaults to <span>no<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">count<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Maximum number of authors to list.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts integer.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-default\">Defaults to <span>all<\/span>.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">select_id<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Id for the select.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts text.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">select_class<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">CSS class(es) for the select.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts text.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:shortcode --><!-- wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute \"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-name\">select_atts<sub class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-optional\">optional<\/sub><\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-contents\"><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-description\">Custom attributes to add to the select tag.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-accepts\">Accepts text.<\/div><div class=\"molongui-shortcode-attribute-since\">Available since version 1.0.0.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This shortcode allows you to display a dropdown select listing (all the) authors from your blog. 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