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Opened 4 years ago

Closed 6 weeks ago

#41182 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Twenty Seventeen - author.php is missing for overriding blog author page

Reported by: Girishpanchal Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 4.7
Component: Bundled Theme Keywords: 2nd-opinion
Focuses: template Cc:

Description

Related: #20307, #38085

I saw that the themes (twentyseventeen) hasn't provided author.php. I think that we need to add author.php template for override template purpose.

Change History (2)

#1 @sabernhardt
6 weeks ago

  • Keywords close 2nd-opinion added

Thanks for opening the ticket. After four years, though, it probably is not worth adding a new template file now.

Twenty Ten through Twenty Fourteen have an Author Archives template, but Twenty Fifteen and Twenty Sixteen specifically do not have one. Those two themes mention that users can add an author.php if they want (in the ​archive.php documentation):

If you'd like to further customize these archive views, you may create a
new template file for each one. For example, tag.php (Tag archives),
category.php (Category archives), author.php (Author archives), etc.

Newer bundled themes do not have an author.php template either.

#2 @SergeyBiryukov
6 weeks ago

  • Keywords close removed
  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

Hi there, welcome back to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket.

I agree with comment:1, it seems trivial to create an author.php template from archive.php and customize it as needed. I guess that is why newer bundled themes don't have a specific author.php template.

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