Add Author Name To Each Home Screen Post
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I am using the apostrophe 2 theme and would like to display the author name next to each blog post on the home screen. Right now it has the title and date, I would like to add author name. How do I do so?/Can I do so?
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Hi –
That theme isn’t going to accomplish that by default. It may be possible to add that information with some extensive CSS work – but to do that you’d need to upgrade to our premium plan. See here: https://wordpress.com/pricing/
Another option, and probably the easiest, would be to use a consistent format where you insert the author name in to the title or in the first line of the post. The Read More Tag option would allow you to crop the post after the first few lines, where you could have an intro of sorts with the authors name.
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Would you be able to tell me which themes allow you to do what I am trying to accomplish? (Preview a title photo, date or time, and author) not any of the blog post though… Thanks!
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Hi sunburnsports,
These themes all support an author bio or author information:
https://wordpress.com/themes/filter/author-bio
Each theme has a demo site which will give you an idea of how that information is displayed.
Many themes support excerpts and for those that don’t, More Tags can be used to create a short summary with a link through to the full post.
Come back to me if you have questions about a specific theme.
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Hi gemmacevans,
The link you shared includes my theme (apostrophe 2) however I am unable to add the author name to the home screen next to the date…
Yes when you click the post you can see the name but I would like the author name to be displayed on the home page along with the feature photo and date.
thanks
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Hi sunburnsports,
Author information can be displayed differently in each theme. Apostrophe 2 displays it in the single post view rather than on the homepage:
https://apostrophe2demo.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/time-is-an-illusion/
As you can see from the theme demo, there is an author name at the top of the post and an author bio at the bottom.
There are some author settings in My Sites > Customise > Content Options but there isn’t an option to add the author name to the homepage.
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Based on what has been described here – I think Apostrophe 2 will accomplish what you want. Give it a try and let us know if you have any trouble getting it set up.
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I have been using apostrophe 2 and am unable to get the author name for each post on the home screen…
which themes will allow me to accomplish the request above?
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There are a number of themes that will show the author name with posts. But if you are looking to keep that “thumbnail image” style for articles, Aquene might be a good bet.
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