Author bio template

author-bio.php

<?php
/*
Template name: Author Bio
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<?php //First output the page content (bio etc) ?>
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

		<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

			<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

			<div class="entry-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>

		</div>

	<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

	<?php //Retrieve the author name from the custom field ?>
	<?php $author = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'author_name', true ); ?>

	<?php //Run a query for posts by the required author. Limit to 5 ?>
	<?php $recent_posts = new WP_Query( array( 'author_name' => $author, 'posts_per_page' => 5 ) ); ?>

	<?php //If some posts were found ?>
	<?php if ( $recent_posts->have_posts() ) : ?>

		<ul>

			<?php //Loop through the found posts, outputting a link to each ?>
			<?php while ( $recent_posts->have_posts() ) : $recent_posts->the_post(); ?>

				<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

		</ul>

	<?php endif; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>