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the_author_link()

Displays either author’s link or author’s name.

Description

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

Source

wp-includes/author-template.php

function the_author_link() {
	echo get_the_author_link();
}

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Changelog

Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

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Example
Displays the author’s Website URL as a link and the text for the link is the author’s Profile Display name publicly as field. In this example, the author’s Display Name is James Smith.
wp-includes/author-template.php
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```
<p>Written by: 
<?php the_author_link(); ?></p>
```
Which displays as:

Written by: James Smith
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