From 5624335a792499dd35794d2fa0b1d3812e6dac18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine M <martinon.toinou@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:46:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] FEATURE Enhancing get_authors_linked_to_posts to integrate
 main authors and sort authors list by name

---
 includes/utilities.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/utilities.php b/includes/utilities.php
index c28e8ad..fc4d1fa 100644
--- a/includes/utilities.php
+++ b/includes/utilities.php
@@ -379,26 +379,38 @@ function get_authors_linked_to_posts(array $post_ids)
 		return array();
 	}
 	$author_ids = array();
+
 	foreach ($post_ids as $post_id) {
 		$post_authors = get_field('authors', $post_id);
-		if (empty($post_authors)) continue;
 
-		foreach ($post_authors as $author) {
-			$author_id = is_object($author) ? $author->ID : (int) $author;
-			if ($author_id) {
-				$author_ids[$author_id] = $author_id; // set pour éviter les doublons
+		$has_main_author = get_field('has_main_author', $post_id);
+		$post_main_author = get_field('main_author', $post_id);
+
+		if (!empty($post_authors)) {
+			foreach ($post_authors as $author) {
+				$author_id = is_object($author) ? $author->ID : (int) $author;
+				if ($author_id) {
+					$author_ids[$author_id] = $author_id; // set pour éviter les doublons
+				}
 			}
 		}
+
+
+		if ($has_main_author && is_object($post_main_author) && isset($post_main_author->ID)) {
+			$author_ids[$post_main_author->ID] = $post_main_author->ID;
+		}
 	}
 	if (empty($author_ids)) {
 		return array();
 	}
+
 	return get_posts(array(
 		'post_type'      => 'auteurs',
 		'post__in'       => array_values($author_ids),
 		'posts_per_page' => -1,
-		'orderby'        => 'title',
 		'order'          => 'ASC',
+		'meta_key'       => 'last_name',
+		'orderby'        => 'meta_value',
 	));
 }