Author tags

by admin · Published September 5, 2018 · Updated January 11, 2021

The author of a post can be displayed by using this Template Tag. This tag must be used within The Loop.

<?php the_author(); ?>

<p>This post was written by <?php the_author(); ?></p>

Retrieve the post author. This tag must be used within The Loop.

<?php $author = get_the_author(); ?>  

<?php
$author = get_the_author(); 
echo $author ;
?>

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