I'm creating a WordPress plugin which has a custom meta-box that lists checkboxes of authors and contributors. When checked, the list shows up on frontend at the end of the post. What I need to do is: When user clicks the name of a contributor, it reverts to archives page, but the post isn't listed under the name of that contributors.
How can I update and save a post under multiple contributors so that it is showed under the author's archives page?
This is the custom meta-box callback function and the function which is called when the post is saved:
function cd_meta_box_cb($post)
{
global $post;
echo'<b> Select the contributors that have contributed to this post: </b>';
echo '<br><br>';
wp_nonce_field('my_meta_box_nonce', 'meta_box_nonce');
global $wpdb;
$authors=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT wp_users.ID, wp_users.user_nicename
FROM wp_users INNER JOIN wp_usermeta
ON wp_users.ID = wp_usermeta.user_id
WHERE wp_usermeta.meta_key = 'wp_capabilities'
AND wp_usermeta.meta_value LIKE '%author%' OR wp_usermeta.meta_value LIKE '%editor%'
ORDER BY wp_users.user_nicename");
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
foreach ($authors as $author) {
$author_info=get_userdata($author->ID);
//$author_role=$author_info->roles;
$author_first_name=$author_info->first_name;
$author_last_name=$author_info->last_name;
if(strcmp($current_user->user_nicename,$author->user_nicename)==0)
{
echo"<input type='checkbox' id='my_meta_box_check' name='my_meta_box_check[]'";
echo"value=";
the_author_meta('user_nicename', $author->ID);
echo" checked disabled>";
echo"<input type='hidden' id='my_meta_box_check' name='my_meta_box_check[]'";
echo"value=";
the_author_meta('user_nicename', $author->ID);
echo">";
}
else
{
echo"<input type='checkbox' id='my_meta_box_check' name='my_meta_box_check[]'";
echo"value=";
the_author_meta('user_nicename', $author->ID);
echo">";
}
echo $author_first_name ." ". $author_last_name ." ";
echo"(";
echo"<label id='labelid' for='author'>";
the_author_meta('user_nicename', $author->ID);
echo"</label>";
echo")";
echo "<br />";
}
}
//save custom data when our post is saved
function save_custom_data($post_id)
{
global $post,$wpdb;
$contributor=get_post_meta($post->ID, 'my_meta_box_check', true);
if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) return;
if (!isset($_POST['meta_box_nonce']) || !wp_verify_nonce($_POST['meta_box_nonce'], 'my_meta_box_nonce')) return;
if (!current_user_can('edit_post')) return;
if (isset($_POST['my_meta_box_check']))
{
update_post_meta($post_id, 'my_meta_box_check', $_POST['my_meta_box_check']);
$tablename = $wpdb->prefix.'authorlist';
$wpdb->insert($tablename,array('authorname'=>$post_id,'authorpost'=>$contributor));
}
else
{
delete_post_meta($post_id, 'my_meta_box_check');
}
}
add_action('save_post', 'save_custom_data');