wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php:539Handles the author column output.
$postWP_Post public function column_author( $post ) { $author = get_the_author(); if ( ! empty( $author ) ) { printf( '<a href="%s">%s</a>', esc_url( add_query_arg( array( 'author' => get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ), 'upload.php' ) ), esc_html( $author ) ); } else { echo '<span aria-hidden="true">—</span><span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( '(no author)' ) . '</span>'; } }Introduced in 4.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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