Show author's first name and initial (first letter) of last name

[maelga]

Hi,

I am not using the “standard” layout to display custom post types (not the masonry layout).

Due to the small space constraints most author names takes 2 lines.
Instead of showing the full name, how can I display only the First Name and initial (first letter) of the last name?

I’ve tried to edit my archive-customposttype.php to implement this

COPY CODE

<?php echo the_author_meta('first_name'); ?>
<?php echo ('&nbsp;'); ?>
<?php echo substr(get_the_author_meta('last_name'),0,1).'.'; ?>

but the code is quite tricky calling for a specific class:

COPY CODE

<?php
//Specific class for post listing
$blog_type = sq_option('blog_type','masonry');
$blog_type = apply_filters( 'kleo_blog_type', $blog_type );

$template_classes = $blog_type . '-listing';
if ( sq_option( 'blog_meta_status', 1 ) == 1 ) {
    $template_classes .= ' with-meta';
} else {
    $template_classes .= ' no-meta';
}
if ( $blog_type == 'standard' && sq_option('blog_standard_meta', 'left' ) == 'inline' ) {
    $template_classes .= ' inline-meta';
}
add_filter('kleo_main_template_classes', create_function('$cls','$cls .=" posts-listing ' . $template_classes . '"; return $cls;'));
?>

How can I change these author meta or implement my above snippet to display the last name’s initial only?

[sharmstr]

You need to be changing the kleo_entry_meta function in /kleo/functions.php. Copy it to your child theme first. It uses get_the_author so you’ll need to change that.

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