wp-includes/author-template.php:162Retrieves the requested data of the author of the current post.
$fieldstringoptional''$user_idint|falseoptionalfalsestringOne hook fires while get_the_author_meta() runs, in this order:
Filters the value of the requested user metadata.
function get_the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) { $original_user_id = $user_id; if ( ! $user_id ) { global $authordata; $user_id = isset( $authordata->ID ) ? $authordata->ID : 0; } else { $authordata = get_userdata( $user_id ); } if ( in_array( $field, array( 'login', 'pass', 'nicename', 'email', 'url', 'registered', 'activation_key', 'status' ), true ) ) { $field = 'user_' . $field; } $value = isset( $authordata->$field ) ? $authordata->$field : ''; /** * Filters the value of the requested user metadata. * * The filter name is dynamic and depends on the $field parameter of the function. * * @since 2.8.0 * @since 4.3.0 The `$original_user_id` parameter was added. * * @param string $value The value of the metadata. * @param int $user_id The user ID for the value. * @param int|false $original_user_id The original user ID, as passed to the function. */ return apply_filters( "get_the_author_{$field}", $value, $user_id, $original_user_id );}Introduced in 2.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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