get_the_author_{$field} – Hook | Developer.WordPress.org

apply_filters( “get_the_author_{$field}”, string $value, int $user_id, int|false $original_user_id )

Filters the value of the requested user metadata.

Description

The filter name is dynamic and depends on the $field parameter of the function.

$valuestring: The value of the metadata.
$user_idint: The user ID for the value.
$original_user_idint|false: The original user ID, as passed to the function.

return apply_filters( "get_the_author_{$field}", $value, $user_id, $original_user_id );

Used by	Description
get_the_author_meta()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Retrieves the requested data of the author of the current post.

Version	Description
4.3.0	The `$original_user_id` parameter was added.
2.8.0	Introduced.

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