the_author_link()

Displays either author’s link or author’s name.

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Description

If the author has a home page set, echo an HTML link, otherwise just echo the author’s name.

Source

File: wp-includes/author-template.php. View all references

function the_author_link() {
	echo get_the_author_link();
}

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Uses
Uses	Description
get_the_author_link() wp-includes/author-template.php	Retrieves either author’s link or author’s name.

Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

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Contributed by Codex — 8 years ago
Example
Displays the author’s Website URL as a link and the text for the link is the author’s Profile Display name publicly as field. In this example, the author’s Display Name is James Smith.
```
<p>Written by: 
<?php the_author_link(); ?></p>
```
Which displays as:

Written by: James Smith
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