wp-includes/author-template.php:209Outputs the field from the user's DB object. Defaults to current post's author.
$fieldstringoptional''$user_idint|falseoptionalfalseOne hook fires while the_author_meta() runs, in this order:
Filters the value of the requested user metadata.
function the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) { $author_meta = get_the_author_meta( $field, $user_id ); /** * 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 * * @param string $author_meta The value of the metadata. * @param int|false $user_id The user ID. */ echo apply_filters( "the_author_{$field}", $author_meta, $user_id );}Introduced in 2.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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