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Function Reference/get the author

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Description

Retrieve the post author. This tag must be used within The Loop.

Usage

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

Parameters

This function takes no arguments

Examples

Grab the Author's 'Public' Name

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

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

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Source File

get_the_author() is located in wp-includes/???.php.

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