Replace blog aux tags with authors

If you wish to replace the tags aux option with authors, then all you need to do is add the following code to your child theme functions.php file:

	function sf_blog_aux($width) {
		
		$blog_aux_output = "";
		$options = get_option('sf_dante_options');
		$filter_wrap_bg = $options['filter_wrap_bg'];
		$rss_feed_url = $options['rss_feed_url'];
		
		 		
		$category_list = wp_list_categories('sort_column=name&title_li=&depth=1&number=10&echo=0&show_count=1');
		$archive_list =  wp_get_archives('type=monthly&limit=12&echo=0');
		$tags_list = wp_tag_cloud('smallest=12&largest=12&unit=px&format=list&number=50&orderby=name&echo=0');
		$author_list = wp_list_authors('echo=0');
		
		$blog_aux_output .= '<div class="blog-aux-wrap row">'; // open .blog-aux-wrap
		$blog_aux_output .= '<ul class="blog-aux-options bar-styling '.$width.'">'; // open .blog-aux-options
		
		// CATEGORIES
		$blog_aux_output .= '<li><a href="#" class="blog-slideout-trigger" data-aux="categories"><i class="ss-index"></i>'.__("Categories", "swiftframework").'</a>';
		
		// AUTHORS
		$blog_aux_output .= '<li><a href="#" class="blog-slideout-trigger" data-aux="authors"><i class="ss-user"></i>'.__("Authors", "swiftframework").'</a>';
		
		// SEARCH FORM
		$blog_aux_output .= '<li class="search"><form method="get" class="search-form" action="'. home_url().'/">';
		$blog_aux_output .= '<input type="text" placeholder="'. __("Search", "swiftframework") .'" name="s" />';
		$blog_aux_output .= '</form></li>';
		
		// ARCHIVES
		$blog_aux_output .= '<li><a href="#" class="blog-slideout-trigger" data-aux="archives"><i class="ss-storagebox"></i>'.__("Archives", "swiftframework").'</a>';
		
		// RSS LINK
		if ($rss_feed_url != "") {
		$blog_aux_output .= '<li><a href="'.$rss_feed_url.'" class="rss-link" target="_blank"><i class="fa-rss"></i>'.__("RSS", "swiftframework").'</a>';
		}
		
		$blog_aux_output .= '</ul>'; // close .blog-aux-options
		$blog_aux_output .= '</div>'; // close .blog-aux-wrap
		
		$blog_aux_output .= '<div class="filter-wrap slideout-filter blog-filter-wrap row clearfix">'; // open .blog-filter-wrap
		$blog_aux_output .= '<div class="filter-slide-wrap col-sm-12 alt-bg '.$filter_wrap_bg.'">';
		
		if ($category_list != '') {  
		    $blog_aux_output .= '<ul class="aux-list aux-categories row clearfix">'.$category_list.'</ul>';  
		}
		if ($author_list != '') {
			$blog_aux_output .= '<ul class="aux-list aux-authors row clearfix">'.$author_list.'</ul>';
		}
		
		if ($archive_list != '') {  
		    $blog_aux_output .= '<ul class="aux-list aux-archives row clearfix">'.$archive_list.'</ul>';  
		}
		
		$blog_aux_output .='</div></div>'; // close .blog-filter-wrap
		
		
		/* AUX BUTTONS OUTPUT
		================================================== */
		return $blog_aux_output;	
	
	}

– Ed