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comment_author_link()

comment_author_link( int|WP_Comment $comment_id )

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Displays the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.

Parameters

$comment_idint|WP_Commentoptional
WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to print the author’s link.
Default current comment.

Source

function comment_author_link( $comment_id = 0 ) {
	echo get_comment_author_link( $comment_id );
}

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UsesDescription
get_comment_author_link()wp-includes/comment-template.php

Retrieves the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.

Used byDescription
_wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row()wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php

Outputs a row for the Recent Comments widget.

Walker_Comment::ping()wp-includes/class-walker-comment.php

Outputs a pingback comment.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.4.0Added the ability for $comment_id to also accept a WP_Comment object.
0.71Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Muhammad Ayoub
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    This will print author’s link with anchor tag.

    <?php echo comment_author_link(); ?>

    output will:

    [html]
    <a href="https://example.com&quot; rel="external nofollow ugc" class="url">Author Name</a>
    [/html]

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