Co-Authors

Hi there,

1. You would need to create a custom solution without a plugin as WP doesn’t offer a co-author feature by default. Code is code though – it doesn’t matter if it’s added using a custom solution or plugin, it’s still code.

I would guess a co-author plugin would have minimal impact on your site speed but you can always test that before and after using the plugin.

2. You can run your site through speed/performance tests before and after using the plugin.

I hope this helps.

Hi there,

see there reply here:

https://generate.support/topic/use-gp-to-add-co-author-in-fe/#post-123955

It will tell GP to return the co-authors output in place of the themes author meta.
Which follows the guidelines from the co-author plugin:

https://github.com/Automattic/Co-Authors-Plus/wiki/Template-tags

Hi there,

You need to keep the Code Snippets plugin active for the snippets to take effect. Deactivating it will stop the snippets from working.

Alternatively, you can add the snippet directly to the functions.php file of a child theme. Using a child theme is important here, as it prevents the snippet from being overwritten when the parent theme updates.

This article explains more: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-child-theme/

You can copy and paste this snippet into a code snippet:

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function( $author ) {
    if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' ) ) {
        return sprintf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
            coauthors_posts_links( null, null, null, null, false )
        );
    }

    return $author;
} );

You would need to check with the co-author plugin support.
But if you refer to the plugins homepage page:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/#can%20i%20easily%20create%20a%20list%20of%20all%20co-authors%3F

It seems they provide some blocks with you can use to display the co-author details.

Without any plugin would require custom development especially if the editor has to be user on the site and have a link to their archives..