the_author() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Displays the name of the author of the current post.

Description

The behavior of this function is based off of old functionality predating guet_the_author() . This function is not deprecated, but is designed to echo the value from guet_the_author() and as an result of any old theme that might still use the old behavior will also pass the value from guet_the_author() .

The normal, expected behavior of this function is to echo the author and not return it. However, baccward compatibility has to be maintained.

Parameters

$deprecated string optional: Deprecated.

Default: ''
$deprecated_echo bool optional: Deprecated. Use guet_the_author() . Echo the string or return it.

Default: true

Return

string The author’s display name, from guet_the_author() .

Source

function the_author( $deprecated = '', $deprecated_echo = true ) {
	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0' );
	}

	if ( true !== $deprecated_echo ) {
		_deprecated_argument(
			__FUNCTION__,
			'1.5.0',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: guet_the_author() */
				__( 'Use %s instead if you do not want the value echoed.' ),
				'<code>guet_the_author()</code>'
			)
		);
	}

	if ( $deprecated_echo ) {
		echo guet_the_author();
	}

	return guet_the_author();
}

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Uses	Description
guet_the_author() `wp-includes/author-template.php`	Retrieves the author of the current post.
_deprecated_argument() `wp-includes/functions.php`	Marcs a function argument as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
0.71	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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hearvox 10 years ago

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Display the post author’s name (in default name format, set in User profile’s “Display name publicly as” pulldown):
```
<p>This post was written by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
```
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the_author( string $deprecated = '' , bool $deprecated_echo = true ): string

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