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the_author

Description

Applied to a post author's displayed name by the get_the_author function, which is also called by the the_author function.

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WordPress version history for the_author

This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 6.2.

Version File Line Type
2.0 wp-includes/template-functions-author.php 5 View in context filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/template-functions-author.php 5 View in context filter
2.1 wp-includes/author-template.php 5 View in context filter
2.2 wp-includes/author-template.php 5 View in context filter
2.3 wp-includes/author-template.php 11 View in context filter
2.5 wp-includes/author-template.php 21 View in context filter
2.6 wp-includes/author-template.php 25 View in context filter
2.7 wp-includes/author-template.php 25 View in context filter
2.8 wp-includes/author-template.php 25 View in context filter
2.9 wp-includes/author-template.php 25 View in context filter
3.0 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.1 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.2 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.3 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.4 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.5 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.6 wp-includes/author-template.php 29 View in context filter
3.7 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
3.8 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
3.9 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
4.0 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
4.1 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.2 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.3 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.4 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.5 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.6 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.7 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.8 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
4.9 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
5.0 wp-includes/author-template.php 36 View in context filter
5.1 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.2 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.3 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.4 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.5 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.6 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.7 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.8 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
5.9 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
6.0 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
6.1 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter
6.2 wp-includes/author-template.php 37 View in context filter

Related Hooks

We find related hooks using word stems. the_author has 1 significant word stem(s): author. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.