get_the_author_link()

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

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Description Description

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

Return Return

(string|null) An HTML link if the author's url exist in user meta, else the result of get_the_author().

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Source Source

File: wp-includes/author-template.php 

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();
	}
}

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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Uses Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/l10n.php: __()

Retrieve the translation of $text.
wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_url()

Checks and cleans a URL.
wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_attr()

Escaping for HTML attributes.
wp-includes/author-template.php: get_the_author_meta()

Retrieves the requested data of the author of the current post.
wp-includes/author-template.php: get_the_author()

Retrieve the author of the current post.

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    Contributed by Codex —

    This example displays the author’s Website URL as a link and the text for the link is the author’s Profile Display Name. In this example, the author’s Display Name is James Smith.

    <p>Written by: 
<?php echo get_the_author_link(); ?></p>

    Which displays as:

    Written by: James Smith

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