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110 /**
111  * Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.
112  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
113  * @since 2.8.0
114  * @param string $field selects the field of the users record.
115  * @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
116  * @echo string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
117  */
118 function the_author_meta($field = '', $user_id = false) {
119      echo apply_filters('the_author_' . $field, get_the_author_meta($field, $user_id), $user_id);
120 }
121
122 /**
123  * Display either author's link or author's name.
124  *
125  * If the author has a home page set, echo an HTML link, otherwise just echo the
126  * author's name.
127  *
128  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_link