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Template Tags/the author

Contents 1 Description 2 Usage 3 Examples 3.1 Display Author's 'Public' Name 4 Parameters 5 Related

Description

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

Usage

 <?php the_author(); ?> 

Examples

Display Author's 'Public' Name

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

<p>This post was written by <?php the_author(); ?></p>

Parameters

This function takes no arguments. (The arguments have been deprecated.)

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