get_comment_author_link( int|WP_Comment $comment_ID )
Retrieves the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.
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Description
Both get_comment_author_url() and get_comment_author() rely on get_comment(), which falls back to the global comment variable if the $comment_ID argument is empty.
Parameters
- $comment_ID
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(int|WP_Comment) (Optional) WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to get the author's link. Default current comment.
Return
(string) The comment author name or HTML link for author's URL.
More Information
Displays the comment author name or HTML link of the comment author’s URL, given a comment ID.
echo get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID );
Source
File: wp-includes/comment-template.php
function get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID = 0 ) { $comment = get_comment( $comment_ID ); $url = get_comment_author_url( $comment ); $author = get_comment_author( $comment ); if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' === $url ) { $return = $author; } else { $return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow ugc' class='url'>$author</a>"; } /** * Filters the comment author's link for display. * * @since 1.5.0 * @since 4.1.0 The `$author` and `$comment_ID` parameters were added. * * @param string $return The HTML-formatted comment author link. * Empty for an invalid URL. * @param string $author The comment author's username. * @param string $comment_ID The comment ID as a numeric string. */ return apply_filters( 'get_comment_author_link', $return, $author, $comment->comment_ID ); }
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Changelog
Version | Description |
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4.4.0 | Added the ability for $comment_ID to also accept a WP_Comment object. |
1.5.0 | Introduced. |
User Contributed Notes
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Add an custom class to comment_author_link using
filters
. When usingget_comment_author_link
this function to fetch comment author link.Just add this code into functions.php