WAIT: Co-Authors Plus Plugin Breaks Author Pages

[Bfrye26]

Bricks Version: 1.6.1
Browser: Chrome 90
OS: macOS / Windows / Linux / etc.
URL: Dayna Eileen | CGMagazine

This is a very strange issue, but it seems if you use the Co-Author Plus plugin, and have a post with two authors, it will break the author page. In our test, we had a post with two editors, with that post as the first on the post list, it will show the wrong author on the page, with the image and bio being pulled for the other author, not the one the archive is made for.

Co-Authors Plus

I am open to suggestions, this is a very strange issue, I am unsure how to tackle it.

[zippa71]

Are you seriously?

[Bfrye26]

Oh lord, I did not see the settings for that, I have fixed it, currently on 1.6.1

[timmse]

Hey Brendan,
Thanks so much for your report!

We have a similar report with Author Archives on the list, so I’m not sure if the issue is related to the Co-Authors plugin:

SOLVED: Author archive - Dynamic data of author's is not working correctly

Bricks Version: 1.5 Beta Browser: Chrome 90 I am building a template for author’s archive using the latest beta. I am using Dynamic data to populate with content and it seems something get messed up with dynamic data for authors (website.com/author/john.doe) If I use any of these dynamic data: {author_name}, {author_bio}, {author_avatar} and so on, it shows the values of another user and not the actual author’s details. This is the structure in Bricks builder: [bug-1] This is the user pro…

Does it work correctly if you use the standard WordPress functions in a code block?

How to get author details in WordPress - Websparrow

Best regards,
timmse