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Function Reference/is author

Description

This Conditional Tag checks if an Author archive page is being displayed. This is a boolean function, meaning it returns either TRUE or FALSE.

Usage

<?php is_author($author); ?>

Parameters

$author

(integer) (optional) Author ID or Author Nickname

Default: None

Return Values

(boolean): True on success, false on failure.

Examples

is_author();
// When any Author page is being displayed.

is_author('4');
// When the archive page for Author number (ID) 4 is being displayed.

is_author('Vivian');
// When the archive page for the Author with Nickname "Vivian" is being displayed.

is_author('john-jones');
// When the archive page for the Author with Nicename "john-jones" is being displayed.

is_author(array(4,'john-jones','Vivian'));
// When the archive page for the author is either user ID 4, or user_nicename "john-jones", or nickname "Vivian".  Note: the array ability was added at Version 2.5.

Notes

See also is_archive() and Category Templates.

Change Log

Since: 1.5.0

Source File

is_author() is located in wp-includes/functions.php.

is_home(), is_front_page(), is_search(), is_404(), is_singular(), is_page(), is_attachment(), is_local_attachment(), is_single(), is_sticky(), is_archive(), is_category(), is_tag(), is_author(), is_date(), is_year(), is_month(), is_day(), is_time(), is_admin(), is_preview(), is_paged(), is_page_template(), is plugin active(), is_plugin_page(), is_new_day(), is_feed(), is_trackback(), is_comments_popup(), comments_open(), pings_open(), is_taxonomy(), is_taxonomy_hierarchical(), is_term(), is_user_logged_in(), is_blog_installed(), is_active_sidebar(), is_dynamic_sidebar(), is_active_widget(), in_the_loop(), in_category(), has_tag(), has_excerpt()

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