get_author_name( int $auth_id = false ): string

Parameters

$auth_idintoptional

The ID of the author.Default: false

Return

string

The author's display name.

Uses · 2

• _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
• get_the_author_meta()Retrieves the requested data of the author of the current post.

Source

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1597function get_author_name( $auth_id = false ) {1598	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8.0', 'get_the_author_meta(\'display_name\')' );1599	return get_the_author_meta('display_name', $auth_id);1600}

History

Introduced in 1.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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