the_author_posts_link() │ WP 1.2.0

Displays HTML link (<a> tag) to the archive page of the author of the current post. The text of the link will be the name of the author.

Typically used inside The Loop

Uses: get_the_author_posts_link()
1 time — 0.000012 sec (very fast) | 50000 times — 0.01 sec (speed of light) | PHP 7.1.2, WP 4.7.3

No Hooks.

Returns

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

the_author_posts_link( $deprecated );
$deprecated(string)
Unused.
Default: ''

Examples

0

#1 Output a link to the author's archive page. The author's name become the link text: 

<p>Other posts of the author: <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></p>

Output:

<p>Other posts of the author: <a href="/author/kama" title="Posts by Kama" rel="author">Kama</a></p>

Changelog

Since 1.2.0 Introduced.
Since 4.4.0 Converted into a wrapper for get_the_author_posts_link()

the_author_posts_link() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/author-template.php 
function the_author_posts_link( $deprecated = '' ) {
	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0' );
	}
	echo get_the_author_posts_link();
}

Link (tag A in HTML)

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