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Description

Displays the unique numeric user ID for the author of a post; the ID is assigned by WordPress when a user account is created. This tag must be used within The Loop.

Usage

 <?php the_author_ID(); ?> 

Example

Uses the author ID as a query link to all of that author's posts. 

<a href="/blog/index.php?author=<?php the_author_ID(); ?>">View all 
posts by <?php the_author_nickname(); ?></a>

Parameters

This tag does not accept any parameters.

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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