I tried and tried to pull the_author_meta and it finally dawned on me that I was outside the loop. Durrr. So, thanks for another very helpful post here, saved me a lot of additional frustration.

I still recommend that you skip the list of authors and simply have every byline link to the author.php template file to display posts by that author. The byline credit is usually more important than being on a list for a month or less. Are you sure your readers care “when” someone wrote something or care more about what they wrote not who wrote it?

I guess should be something dealing with a particula while-have-post condition that satisfy the dates I need and then show just author link instead that post excertp or other post stuff.

thank u anyway

Andrea

If you did not specify any agreement for inclusion on the list, then take them out by finding a Plugin (or writing one) that works with the wp_list_authors template tag to exclude author IDs. Not familiar with one, but you might be able to find such a Plugin. Or create a manual author list that links to the author pages of posts.

To list authors by time period of their contribution, then create a manual list with the names and dates in the link.

Otherwise, how important is it to highlight the authors in a list? Why not let their bylines link to their author pages and skip the list. Those seeking posts only by a specific author will click on the author byline link to find all the posts they’ve written.

I have an uncommon request.. I’d need to list authors depending on the period they wrote..
for istance I have authors that wrote only on march 2008 and never again.. how could I list them?

thanks!

Andrea