Filter by Author

The download for the Filter by Author extension can now be found here.

If you have a large number of content publishers on your site, it can be beneficial to quickly view all entries made by a particular member in the Edit page of your control panel.  Filter By Author is an extension that enables just that.  An additional drop down field is added to the form, populated by a list of only members who have posted entries.  A language file has been incorporated to allow localization of the drop down menu’s default text, so you can match it to the language and verbiage of the rest of the form elements.

[UPDATE: Extension updated to work alongside other extensions and to include pagination (requires Javascript).]

Installation:

  1. Unzip the file
  2. Copy ext.filter_by_author.php to your /system/extensions/ folder
  3. Copy lang.filter_by_author.php to your /system/lanaguage/english/ folder
  4. In the control panel go to the Extensions Manager (Admin > Utilities > Extensions Manager) and click the “Enable?” link for the Filter By Author extension.

Now you can go to the Edit page, and select the author you wish to filter your search by in the new Filter By Author drop down.  Members who have not posted entries are not shown in the drop down list, which keeps the list as small as possible by only showing members that would yield results.