get_the_author() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the author of the current post.

Parameters

$deprecatedstringoptional: Deprecated.
Default:''

Return

string The author’s display name, empty string if unknown.

Source

function get_the_author( $deprecated = '' ) {
	global $authordata;

	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0' );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the display name of the current post's author.
	 *
	 * @since 2.9.0
	 *
	 * @param string $display_name The author's display name.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'the_author', is_object( $authordata ) ? $authordata->display_name : '' );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘the_author’, string $display_name ): Filters the display name of the current post’s author.

Uses	Description
_deprecated_argument()`wp-includes/functions.php`	Marks a function argument as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
apply_filters()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Used by	Description
get_the_author_posts_link()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post’s author.
WP_Posts_List_Table::column_author()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php`	Handles the post author column output.
WP_Media_List_Table::column_author()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php`	Handles the author column output.
get_the_archive_title()`wp-includes/general-template.php`	Retrieves the archive title based on the queried object.
get_the_author_link()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Retrieves either author’s link or author’s name.
the_author()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Displays the name of the author of the current post.

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Changelog

Version	Description
6.3.0	Returns an empty string if the author’s display name is unknown.
1.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Codex 9 years ago

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Grab the Author’s ‘Public’ Name
Grabs the value in the user’s Display name publicly as field.
```
<?php $author = get_the_author(); ?>
```
- In case you want to get the entire set of data of a single author, use:
  
  get_the_author_meta()
  
  https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_author_meta/
  
  Ruurd de Wind 2 years ago
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get_the_author( string $deprecated = ” ): string

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get_the_author( string $deprecated = ” ): string

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