Question

get_the_author_link()

Retrieve either author’s link or author’s name.

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description

If the author has a home page set, return an HTML link, otherwise just return the author’s name.

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返回值

(string|null) An HTML link if the author's url exist in user meta, else the result of get_the_author().

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源代码

File: wp-includes/author-template.php

function get_the_author_link() {
	if ( get_the_author_meta('url') ) {
		return sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author external">%3$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_the_author_meta('url') ),
			/* translators: %s: author's display name */
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Visit %s’s website' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			get_the_author()
		);
	} else {
		return get_the_author();
	}
}

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更新日志

Version	description
3.0.0	Introduced.

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相关函数

Uses

• wp-includes/l10n.php: __()
• wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_url()
• wp-includes/formatting.php: esc_attr()
• wp-includes/author-template.php: get_the_author_meta()
• wp-includes/author-template.php: get_the_author()

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Used By

• wp-includes/author-template.php: the_author_link()

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User Contributed Notes

1. Skip to note content You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this noteVote results for this note: 0You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note Contributed by Codex

   This example displays the author’s Website URL as a link and the text for the link is the author’s Profile Display Name. In this example, the author’s Display Name is James Smith.

   <p>Written by: 
   <?php echo get_the_author_link(); ?></p>
   

   Which displays as:

   Written by: James Smith