WordPress:Template Tags/the author

Description

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

Usage

%%% <?php the_author(); ?> %%%

Examples

Display Author's 'Public' Name

Displays the value in the user's Display name publicly as field.

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

Parameters

This function takes no arguments. (The arguments have been deprecated.)