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

No Hooks.

Return

Null. Nothing.

Usage

the_author_posts_link( $deprecated );

$deprecated(string)

Unused.
Default: ''

Examples

#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

Code of the author posts link: wp-includes/author-template.php ^{WP 5.2.2}

<?php
function the_author_posts_link( $deprecated = '' ) {
	if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0' );
	}
	echo get_the_author_posts_link();
}

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