wp-includes/comment-template.php:68Displays the author of the current comment.
$comment_idint|WP_Commentoptional0One hook fires while comment_author() runs, in this order:
Filters the comment author's name for display.
function comment_author( $comment_id = 0 ) { $comment = get_comment( $comment_id ); $comment_author = get_comment_author( $comment ); /** * Filters the comment author's name for display. * * @since 1.2.0 * @since 4.1.0 The `$comment_id` parameter was added. * * @param string $comment_author The comment author's username. * @param string $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string. */ echo apply_filters( 'comment_author', $comment_author, $comment->comment_ID );}Introduced in 0.71. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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