From 788cabdee14c78cb2dc3992648f91a16c68dc1f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Maguire <lee@dxw.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:03:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use an option "archive_author" to specify the author

---
 lib/set-archive-author.php | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 templates/entry-meta.php   | 15 +++++++--------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/set-archive-author.php b/lib/set-archive-author.php
index 7eb100b..27b3d72 100644
--- a/lib/set-archive-author.php
+++ b/lib/set-archive-author.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-// Set the post_author to be "2"
+// Find a username specified in the option "archive_author"
+// Set the post_author (in $data) to be the id corresponding to the user
 
 function set_archive_author($data, $postarr)
 {
@@ -10,7 +11,18 @@ function set_archive_author($data, $postarr)
 		return $data;
 	}
 
-	$data['post_author'] = 2;
+	$archive_username = get_option('archive_author');
+
+	if (!empty($archive_author)) {
+		if (is_int($archive_author)) {
+			$archive_author_id = $archive_author;
+		} else {
+			$archive_author_id = get_user_by('id', $archive_author);
+		}
+		if (!empty($archive_author_id)) {
+			$data['post_author'] = $archive_author_id;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return $data;
 }
diff --git a/templates/entry-meta.php b/templates/entry-meta.php
index 1b19f91..2439592 100644
--- a/templates/entry-meta.php
+++ b/templates/entry-meta.php
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <div class="govuk-body-s"><?php
 
-// If the post is owned by a deleted user, set it to the archive user
-$tmp_author_id = get_post_field('post_author', $post->ID);
-if ($tmp_author_id > 2) {
-	$tmp_user = get_user_by('id', $tmp_author_id);
-	if (empty($tmp_user->user_login)) {
-		error_log("post {$post->ID} has deleted user $tmp_author_id", 0);
-		add_filter('wp_insert_post_data', 'set_archive_author', '99', 2);
-		wp_update_post($post);
+// If the post is owned by a deleted user, patch it to the archive user
+$check_author_id = get_post_field('post_author', $post->ID);
+if ($check_author_id > 1) {
+	$check_user = get_user_by('id', $check_author_id);
+	if (empty($check_user->user_login)) {
+		error_log("author of post {$post->ID} is deleted user $check_author_id", 0);
+		add_filter('wp_insert_post_data', 'set_archive_author', 99, 2);
 	}
 }