get_the_author_email

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 2 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_email() {}

Retrieve the email of the author of the current post.

Return values

returns:The author’s username.

Source code

function get_the_author_email() {

	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'email\')' );

	return get_the_author_meta('email');

}

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2 Responses to “get_the_author_email”

Pancho Reply December 19, 2011 at 9:05 pm

Hi, I recenlty tried with a wp 3.3 and shows this:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_the_author_email() (previously declared in /home/srv/www/domain.com/wp-includes/deprecated.php:1472) in /home/srv/www/domain.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/functions-hacks.php on line 372

The line is were I put the code.

Thanx 🙂
- Thorsten Reply December 19, 2011 at 9:10 pm
  
  That sounds like you’re trying to redefine the function in your theme rather than using it. This function is also deprecated and you should use get_the_author_meta(‘user_email’).

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