February 11, 2011 
Definition:
function get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename = '') {}
Retrieve the URL to the author page for the user with the ID provided.
Parameters
- $author_id
- $author_nicename
Return values
returns:The URL to the author’s page.
Defined filters
- author_link
apply_filters('author_link', $link, $author_id, $author_nicename)
Source code
function get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename = '') {
global $wp_rewrite;
$auth_ID = (int) $author_id;
$link = $wp_rewrite->get_author_permastruct();
if ( empty($link) ) {
$file = home_url( '/' );
$link = $file . '?author=' . $auth_ID;
} else {
if ( '' == $author_nicename ) {
$user = get_userdata($author_id);
if ( !empty($user->user_nicename) )
$author_nicename = $user->user_nicename;
}
$link = str_replace('%author%', $author_nicename, $link);
$link = home_url( user_trailingslashit( $link ) );
}
$link = apply_filters('author_link', $link, $author_id, $author_nicename);
return $link;
}
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