wp-includes/author-template.php:92Retrieves the author who last edited the current post.
string|voidOne hook fires while get_the_modified_author() runs, in this order:
Filters the display name of the author who last edited the current post.
function get_the_modified_author() { $last_id = get_post_meta( get_post()->ID, '_edit_last', true ); if ( $last_id ) { $last_user = get_userdata( $last_id ); /** * Filters the display name of the author who last edited the current post. * * @since 2.8.0 * * @param string $display_name The author's display name, empty string if unknown. */ return apply_filters( 'the_modified_author', $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : '' ); }}Introduced in 2.8.0. 2 changes between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
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