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Description

This tag displays the login name for the author of a post. The login is also referred to as the Username an author uses to gain access to a WordPress blog. This tag must be used within The Loop.

Note: It's usually not a good idea to provide login information publicly.

Usage

 <?php the_author_login(); ?> 

Example

<p>Author username: <?php the_author_login(); ?></p>

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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