How to tweak a plugin so it will load below the author?

Question

I use an override of com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php to display the author name below the article text:

<div itemprop="articleBody">
<?php echo $this->item->text;?>
<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.author', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'below')); ?>
</div>

But I also use a plugin (Disqus by JW) which is loaded just below

<div itemprop="articleBody"><?php echo $this->item->text; ?>. 

So the current order is:

• Article
• Disqus comment
• Author

How can I force the Disqus plugin to load below the author name so I get in this order:

• Article
• Author
• Disqus comment

Answer 1

As shown in this question:

Make an override of /plugins/content/jw_disqus/jw_disqus/tmpl/article.php in your template folder /html/jw_disqus/article.php.

In this file echo $row->text actually prints the article content, so just add the statement to show the article's author where you need (replacing $this->item with $row):

echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.info_block.author', array('item' => $row, 'params' => $params, 'position' => 'below'));

JLayoutHelper refers to the file path of the first parameter, in this case refers to /layouts/joomla/content/info_block/author.php

Answer 2

It may be simpler to reorder the elements using CSS without having to create an override.

There are a few ways to do this. See Swap DIV position with CSS only for some options.