Display the post author when using Jetpack

[sebastian-moran]

Display the post author when using Jetpack related posts module on child sites.

Snippet Type

Execute on Child Sites

Snippet

function jetpackme_related_authors( $context, $post_id ) {
    // Get the author ID.
    $post_author = get_post_field( 'post_author', $post_id );
 
    // Get the author's display name.
    $author_display_name = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $post_author );
 
    // Add the author name after the existing context.
    if ( isset( $author_display_name ) && ! empty( $author_display_name ) ) {
        return sprintf(
            __( '%1$s<span class="jp-relatedposts-post-author">By %2$s</span>', 'my-plugin-slug' ),
            $context,
            esc_html( $author_display_name )
        );
    }
 
    // Final fallback.
    return $context;
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_relatedposts_filter_post_context', 'jetpackme_related_authors', 10, 2 );