get_the_author( string $deprecated = '' ): string

Parameters

$deprecatedstringoptional

Deprecated.Default: ''

Return

string

The author's display name, empty string if unknown.

Hooks fired · 1

One hook fires while get_the_author() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( the_author )filterline 38 (+14 into the body)

   Filters the display name of the current post's author.

Uses · 2

• _deprecated_argument()Marks a function argument as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Used by · 17

• Twenty_Fourteen_Ephemera_Widget::widget()Outputs the HTML for this widget.
• WP_Media_List_Table::column_author()Handles the author column output.
• WP_Posts_List_Table::column_author()Handles the post author column output.
• get_the_archive_title()Retrieves the archive title based on the queried object.
• get_the_author_link()Retrieves either author's link or author's name.
• get_the_author_posts_link()Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post's author.
• the_author()Displays the name of the author of the current post.
• twenty_twenty_one_posted_by()Prints HTML with meta information about theme author.
• twentyeleven_posted_on()Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
• twentyfifteen_entry_meta()Prints HTML with meta information for the categories, tags.
• twentyfourteen_posted_on()Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
• twentynineteen_posted_by()Prints HTML with meta information about theme author.

Source

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24function get_the_author( $deprecated = '' ) {25	global $authordata;26 27	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {28		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0' );29	}30 31	/**32	 * Filters the display name of the current post's author.33	 *34	 * @since 2.9.035	 *36	 * @param string $display_name The author's display name.37	 */38	return apply_filters( 'the_author', is_object( $authordata ) ? $authordata->display_name : '' );39}

History

Introduced in 1.5.0. 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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