get_author_posts_url( int $author_id, string $author_nicename = '' )

Retrieve the URL to the author page for the user with the ID provided.

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Description Description

Parameters Parameters

$author_id

(int) (Required) Author ID.

$author_nicename

(string) (Optional) The author's nicename (slug).

Default value: ''

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Return Return

(string) The URL to the author's page.

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Source Source

File: wp-includes/author-template.php 

function get_author_posts_url( $author_id, $author_nicename = '' ) {
	global $wp_rewrite;
	$auth_ID = (int) $author_id;
	$link    = $wp_rewrite->get_author_permastruct();

	if ( empty( $link ) ) {
		$file = home_url( '/' );
		$link = $file . '?author=' . $auth_ID;
	} else {
		if ( '' == $author_nicename ) {
			$user = get_userdata( $author_id );
			if ( ! empty( $user->user_nicename ) ) {
				$author_nicename = $user->user_nicename;
			}
		}
		$link = str_replace( '%author%', $author_nicename, $link );
		$link = home_url( user_trailingslashit( $link ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the URL to the author's page.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string $link            The URL to the author's page.
	 * @param int    $author_id       The author's id.
	 * @param string $author_nicename The author's nice name.
	 */
	$link = apply_filters( 'author_link', $link, $author_id, $author_nicename );

	return $link;
}

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Version Description
2.1.0 Introduced.

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Uses Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/pluggable.php: get_userdata()

Retrieve user info by user ID.
wp-includes/link-template.php: home_url()

Retrieves the URL for the current site where the front end is accessible.
wp-includes/link-template.php: user_trailingslashit()

Retrieves a trailing-slashed string if the site is set for adding trailing slashes.
wp-includes/plugin.php: apply_filters()

Call the functions added to a filter hook.
wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php: WP_Rewrite::get_author_permastruct()

Retrieves the author permalink structure.
wp-includes/author-template.php: author_link

Filters the URL to the author’s page.
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Used By Used By

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Used By Description
wp-includes/blocks/latest-comments.php: render_block_core_latest_comments()

Renders the core/latest-comments block on server.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php: WP_REST_Users_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()

Prepares a single user output for response.
wp-includes/embed.php: get_oembed_response_data()

Retrieves the oEmbed response data for a given post.
wp-includes/author-template.php: get_the_author_posts_link()

Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post’s author.
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php: WP_Users_List_Table::single_row()

Generate HTML for a single row on the users.php admin panel.
wp-includes/deprecated.php: get_author_link()

Returns or Prints link to the author’s posts.
wp-includes/link-template.php: get_author_feed_link()

Retrieves the feed link for a given author.
wp-includes/admin-bar.php: wp_admin_bar_edit_menu()

Provide an edit link for posts and terms.
wp-includes/canonical.php: redirect_canonical()

Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.
wp-includes/author-template.php: wp_list_authors()

List all the authors of the site, with several options available.
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    Contributed by Jon (Kenshino) —

    Display the link of the author page for the author of the current post

    <a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a>

    Most get_ functions are not escaped and require escaping for safe usage.

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