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get_the_author_link ›

Since3.0.0
Deprecatedn/a
› get_the_author_link ( No parameters )
Returns:
  • (string|null) An HTML link if the author's url exist in user meta, else the result of get_the_author().
Defined at:
Codex:

Retrieve either author's link or author's name.

If the author has a home page set, return an HTML link, otherwise just return the author's name.


Related Functions: get_the_author_login, get_the_author_id, the_author_link, get_author_link, get_the_author_msn

Source 

function get_the_author_link() {
	if ( get_the_author_meta( 'url' ) ) {
		return sprintf(
			'<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author external">%3$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_the_author_meta( 'url' ) ),
			/* translators: %s: Author's display name. */
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Visit %s&#8217;s website' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			get_the_author()
		);
	} else {
		return get_the_author();
	}
}