Title: get_the_author_{$field}
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the value of the requested user metadata.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

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

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`string

The value of the metadata.

`$user_id`int

The user ID for the value.

`$original_user_id`int|false

The original user ID, as passed to the function.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

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

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/author-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/author-template.php#L195)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/author-template.php#L195-L195)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [get_the_author_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_author_meta/)`wp-includes/author-template.php` |

Retrieves the requested data of the author of the current post.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_the_author_field/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | The `$original_user_id` parameter was added. | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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