This shortcode allows you to display a dropdown select listing (all the) authors from your blog.
This shortcode is intended for developers only.
It does nothing by itself, so you need to code some logic that handles user selection.
The dropdown does nothing by itself… meaning that you need to code some logic that handles user selection. You can find it useful to selectively display author information based on user selection.
It can be used anywhere within WordPress where shortcodes are supported. For most users, this will primarily be within the content of a WordPress post or page.
Example
The trivial shortcode would be:
Editor input
Frontend output
For your convenience as a coder, you can also modify select tag attributes:
Editor input
Frontend output
<select id="myId" class="myClass">
<option value="">Select an author</option>
<option value="user-1" data-author-id="1" data-author-type="user">Claire Williams</option>
<option value="guest-303" data-author-id="303" data-author-type="guest">James White</option>
<option value="user-32" data-author-id="32" data-author-type="user">John Smith</option>
<option value="guest-307" data-author-id="307" data-author-type="guest">Nick Goldman</option>
<option value="guest-289" data-author-id="289" data-author-type="guest">Noah Backer</option>
<option value="guest-304" data-author-id="304" data-author-type="guest">Olivia Adams</option>
</select>
Attributes
Check out below all the available attributes this shortcode can take:
