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get_the_author_posts

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 0 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_posts() {}

Retrieve the number of posts by the author of the current post.

Return values

returns:The number of posts by the author.

Source code

function get_the_author_posts() {

	global $post;

	return count_user_posts($post->post_author);

}

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/wp-includes/author-template.php, Documentation, Files, Functions, Functions by letter g

get_the_author_posts, ida532317f199166be0f7c691276783e48

get_the_author_nickname

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 0 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_nickname() {}

Retrieve the nickname of the author of the current post.

Return values

returns:The author’s nickname.

Source code

function get_the_author_nickname() {

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

	return get_the_author_meta('nickname');

}

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/wp-includes/deprecated.php, Documentation, Files, Functions, Functions by letter g

get_the_author_nickname, id97d45d792898f88c1045b00ef1aae14e

get_the_author_msn

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 0 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_msn() {}

Retrieve the MSN address of the author of the current post.

Return values

returns:The author’s MSN address.

Source code

function get_the_author_msn() {

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

	return get_the_author_meta('msn');

}

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/wp-includes/deprecated.php, Documentation, Files, Functions, Functions by letter g

get_the_author_msn, id2a7844289c74dd7f168748dedfa26ceb

get_the_author_meta

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 0 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_meta($field = '', $user_id = false) {}

Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.

Parameters

string $field: selects the field of the users record.
int $user_id: Optional. User ID.

Return values

returns:The author’s field from the current author’s DB object.

Defined filters

get_the_author_$field
apply_filters('get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id)

Source code

function get_the_author_meta($field = '', $user_id = false) {

	if ( ! $user_id )

		global $authordata;

	else

		$authordata = get_userdata( $user_id );



	// Keys used as object vars cannot have dashes.

	$field = str_replace('-', '', $field);

	$field = strtolower($field);

	$user_field = "user_$field";



	if ( 'id' == $field )

		$value = isset($authordata->ID) ? (int)$authordata->ID : 0;

	elseif ( isset($authordata->$user_field) )

		$value = $authordata->$user_field;

	else

		$value = isset($authordata->$field) ? $authordata->$field : '';



	return apply_filters('get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id);

}

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/wp-includes/author-template.php, Documentation, Files, Filters, Filters by letter g, Functions, Functions by letter g

get_the_author_$field, get_the_author_meta, id2073b50d7233bb3905a9f182af1c49d4

get_the_author_login

February 12, 2011 by Thorsten 0 Comments

Definition:
function get_the_author_login() {}

Retrieve the login name of the author of the current post.

Return values

returns:The author’s login name (username).

Source code

function get_the_author_login() {

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

	return get_the_author_meta('login');

}

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/wp-includes/deprecated.php, Documentation, Files, Functions, Functions by letter g

get_the_author_login, id420a6e608ce62f468e78aedc1e4722e8

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