get_the_author_link() WP 1.0

Retrieve either author's link or author's name.

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

No Hooks.

Return

String/null. An HTML link if the author's url exist in user meta, else the result of get_the_author().

Usage

get_the_author_link();

Changelog

Code of get the author link: wp-includes/author-template.php ^{WP 5.4.1}

<?php
function get_the_author_link() {
	if ( get_the_author_meta( 'url' ) ) {
		return sprintf(
			'<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author external">%3$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_the_author_meta( 'url' ) ),
			/* translators: %s: Author's display name. */
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Visit %s&#8217;s website' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			get_the_author()
		);
	} else {
		return get_the_author();
	}
}

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