Thread: How do I....list categories an author has wrote in on author.php

Since you are using Author Templates you just need to create an array of all the categories from get_the_category(), as you loop through a given author's posts. Related: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php Function_Reference/get_the_category

i still cant seem to come up with a way to make this work=\

Well at least start here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/327359

@michaelH sorry about the duplicate i couldnt find the older one, thank you for closing it. ================================================== ===================== Hello! my website: ampersandbox.net/?author=2 Basically on every author's page I would like to display a list on the right side of categories the current author has contributed to (has written a post in) I'm not sure how to ...

still wasnt able to achieve this not much of a php coder =\

<?php //get all posts for an author, then collect all categories //for those posts, then display those categories $cat_array = array(); $args=array( 'author' => 4, 'showposts'=>-1, 'caller_get_posts'=>1 ); $author_posts = get_posts($args); if( $author_posts ) { foreach ($author_posts as $author_post ) { foreach(get_the_category($author_post->ID) as $category) { $cat_array[$...

thanks michael! thats definitely doing something however it looks like its just listing all the categories i have not specific ones the author has posts in. but i will keep working at it thank you! ampersandbox.net/?author=2

open to solutions or alternatives im pretty stumped.

Just create some links.. http://ampersandbox.net/?author=2&cat=1 - working example link Wordpress will sort out getting the posts that match for you..

WOW i did not know you could do that thank you so much I will fool around with your idea and see if i cant come up with something thank you =)