wp-includes/author-template.php:233Retrieves either author's link or author's name.
stringOne hook fires while get_the_author_link() runs, in this order:
function get_the_author_link() { if ( get_the_author_meta( 'url' ) ) { global $authordata; $author_url = get_the_author_meta( 'url' ); $author_display_name = get_the_author(); $link = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author external">%3$s</a>', esc_url( $author_url ), /* translators: %s: Author's display name. */ esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Visit %s’s website' ), $author_display_name ) ), $author_display_name ); /** * Filters the author URL link HTML. * * @since 6.0.0 * * @param string $link The default rendered author HTML link. * @param string $author_url Author's URL. * @param WP_User $authordata Author user data. */ return apply_filters( 'the_author_link', $link, $author_url, $authordata ); } else { return get_the_author(); }}Introduced in 3.0.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
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$use_title_attr added.verified against sourcesrc/wp-includes/author-template.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.