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Description

The author of a post can be returned by using this Template Tag. This tag must be used within The Loop.

Usage

 <?php $author = get_the_author(); ?> 

Examples

Grab the Author's 'Public' Name

Grabs the value in the user's Display name publicly as field.

 <?php $author = get_the_author(); ?> 

Parameters

This function takes no arguments

Related

the_author, the_author_description, the_author_login, the_author_firstname, the_author_lastname, the_author_nickname, the_author_ID, the_author_email, the_author_url, the_author_link, the_author_icq, the_author_aim, the_author_yim, the_author_msn, the_author_posts, the_author_posts_link, list_authors, wp_list_authors

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