wp-includes/author-template.php:313Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post's author.
stringOne hook fires while get_the_author_posts_link() runs, in this order:
Filters the link to the author page of the author of the current post.
function get_the_author_posts_link() { global $authordata; if ( ! is_object( $authordata ) ) { return ''; } $link = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a>', esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ), /* translators: %s: Author's display name. */ esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), get_the_author() ) ), get_the_author() ); /** * Filters the link to the author page of the author of the current post. * * @since 2.9.0 * * @param string $link HTML link. */ return apply_filters( 'the_author_posts_link', $link );}Introduced in 4.4.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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