Title: comment_author_rss
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# comment_author_rss()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Displays the current comment author in the feed.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function comment_author_rss() {
    	echo get_comment_author_rss();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/feed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L347)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L347-L349)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_comment_author_rss()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_comment_author_rss/)`wp-includes/feed.php` |

Retrieves the current comment author for use in the feeds.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comment_author_rss/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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