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get_the_author_posts_link › WordPress Function

Since4.4.0
Deprecatedn/a
› get_the_author_posts_link ( No parameters )
Returns:
  • (string) An HTML link to the author page, or an empty string if $authordata is not set.
Defined at:
Codex:
Change Log:
  • 7.0.0

Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post's author.

Returns an HTML-formatted link using get_author_posts_url().


Related Functions: the_author_posts_link, get_the_author_posts, get_the_author_link, get_author_rss_link, get_author_posts_url

Source 

function get_the_author_posts_link() {
	global $authordata;

	if ( ! is_object( $authordata ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	$author = get_the_author();
	/* translators: %s: Author's display name. */
	$title = sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), $author );

	$link = sprintf(
		'<a href="%1$s" rel="author">%2$s</a>',
		esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ),
		$author
	);

	/**
	 * Filters the link to the author page of the author of the current post.
	 *
	 * @since 2.9.0
	 * @since 7.0.0 Added `$author` and `$title` parameters.
	 *
	 * @param string $link   HTML link.
	 * @param string $author Author's display name.
	 * @param string $title  Text originally used for a title attribute.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'the_author_posts_link', $link, $author, $title );
}