In this chapter, we will cover:
Getting author data via an author's ID
Dynamically displaying the author's name and linked e-mail address
Listing all of the published authors on a site
Listing the authors who most recently published a post
Listing authors by the total number of comments that their posts have received
Adding a custom user field to display an author's Twitter link
The authors and editors of any reputable news source are almost as important as the content that they write. Often, readers try to identify with the authors whose material they like, and will gravitate towards their future works.
As such, it is very important that any serious, multi-author site run on WordPress should try to incorporate the display of author data (such as their name, biographical background information, posts or other blogs they participate in, and so on) in an interesting and useful way for the user. In this chapter, we are going to examine how you get at...