the_author_meta( string $field = '', int $user_id = false )
Outputs the field from the user’s DB object. Defaults to current post’s author.
Description Description
Parameters Parameters
- $field
-
(string) (Optional) selects the field of the users record.
Default value: ''
- $user_id
-
(int) (Optional) User ID.
Default value: false
Source Source
File: wp-includes/author-template.php
function the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) {
$author_meta = get_the_author_meta( $field, $user_id );
/**
* The value of the requested user metadata.
*
* The filter name is dynamic and depends on the $field parameter of the function.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param string $author_meta The value of the metadata.
* @param int $user_id The user ID.
*/
echo apply_filters( "the_author_{$field}", $author_meta, $user_id );
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.8.0 | Introduced. |
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Display a User Email Address
Displays the email address for user ID 25.
Advanced Uses
A plugin may add an additional field in the registration or manage users, which adds a new value in the
wp_usermeta(wherewp_is your data base prefix. For this example we will use a Twitter ID if a plugin set meta_key value to “twitter” and meta_value to “wordpress” thenwould return:
This author’s Twitter name is WordPress
And if you actually want to show the Author description using this function you can just do:
<?php $authorDesc = the_author_meta('description'); echo $authorDesc; ?>