*
* These functions must be used within the WordPress Loop.
*
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Template
*
* @since 1.5.0
*
- * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
+ * @global object $authordata The current author's DB object.
*
* @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
- * @return string The author's display name.
+ * @return string|null The author's display name.
*/
function get_the_author($deprecated = '') {
global $authordata;
*
* @since 0.71
* @see get_the_author()
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author
*
* @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
* @param string $deprecated_echo Deprecated. Use get_the_author(). Echo the string or return it.
- * @return string The author's display name, from get_the_author().
+ * @return string|null The author's display name, from get_the_author().
*/
function the_author( $deprecated = '', $deprecated_echo = true ) {
- if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
+ if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
- if ( $deprecated_echo !== true )
- _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '1.5', __('Use <code>get_the_author()</code> instead if you do not want the value echoed.') );
- if ( $deprecated_echo )
+ }
+
+ if ( true !== $deprecated_echo ) {
+ _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '1.5',
+ /* translators: %s: get_the_author() */
+ sprintf( __( 'Use %s instead if you do not want the value echoed.' ),
+ '<code>get_the_author()</code>'
+ )
+ );
+ }
+
+ if ( $deprecated_echo ) {
echo get_the_author();
+ }
+
return get_the_author();
}
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
- * @return string The author's display name.
+ * @return string|void The author's display name.
*/
function get_the_modified_author() {
if ( $last_id = get_post_meta( get_post()->ID, '_edit_last', true) ) {
}
/**
- * Display the name of the author who last edited the current post.
+ * Display the name of the author who last edited the current post,
+ * if the author's ID is available.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @see get_the_author()
- * @return string The author's display name, from get_the_modified_author().
*/
function the_modified_author() {
echo get_the_modified_author();
/**
* Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
* @since 2.8.0
+ *
+ * @global object $authordata The current author's DB object.
+ *
* @param string $field selects the field of the users record.
* @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
* @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
*/
function get_the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) {
+ $original_user_id = $user_id;
+
if ( ! $user_id ) {
global $authordata;
$user_id = isset( $authordata->ID ) ? $authordata->ID : 0;
* The filter name is dynamic and depends on the $field parameter of the function.
*
* @since 2.8.0
+ * @since 4.3.0 The `$original_user_id` parameter was added.
*
- * @param string $value The value of the metadata.
- * @param int $user_id The user ID.
+ * @param string $value The value of the metadata.
+ * @param int $user_id The user ID for the value.
+ * @param int|bool $original_user_id The original user ID, as passed to the function.
*/
- return apply_filters( 'get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id );
+ return apply_filters( 'get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id, $original_user_id );
}
/**
- * Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
+ * Outputs the field from the user's DB object. Defaults to current post's author.
+ *
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
+ *
* @since 2.8.0
+ *
* @param string $field selects the field of the users record.
* @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
- * @echo string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
*/
function the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) {
$author_meta = get_the_author_meta( $field, $user_id );
*
* If the author has a home page set, return an HTML link, otherwise just return the
* author's name.
+ *
+ * @return string|null An HTML link if the author's url exist in user meta,
+ * else the result of get_the_author().
*/
function get_the_author_link() {
if ( get_the_author_meta('url') ) {
* If the author has a home page set, echo an HTML link, otherwise just echo the
* author's name.
*
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_link
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_link
*
* @since 2.1.0
*/
if ( ! $post ) {
return 0;
}
- return count_user_posts( $post->post_author );
+ return count_user_posts( $post->post_author, $post->post_type );
}
/**
* Display the number of posts by the author of the current post.
*
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts
* @since 0.71
*/
function the_author_posts() {
}
/**
- * Display an HTML link to the author page of the author of the current post.
+ * Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post's author.
*
- * Does just echo get_author_posts_url() function, like the others do. The
- * reason for this, is that another function is used to help in printing the
- * link to the author's posts.
+ * Returns an HTML-formatted link using get_author_posts_url().
*
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts_link
- * @since 1.2.0
- * @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
+ * @since 4.4.0
+ *
+ * @global object $authordata The current author's DB object.
+ *
+ * @return string An HTML link to the author page.
*/
-function the_author_posts_link($deprecated = '') {
- if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
- _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
-
+function get_the_author_posts_link() {
global $authordata;
- if ( !is_object( $authordata ) )
- return false;
+ if ( ! is_object( $authordata ) ) {
+ return;
+ }
+
$link = sprintf(
'<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a>',
esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ),
*
* @param string $link HTML link.
*/
- echo apply_filters( 'the_author_posts_link', $link );
+ return apply_filters( 'the_author_posts_link', $link );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Displays an HTML link to the author page of the current post's author.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2.0
+ * @since 4.4.0 Converted into a wrapper for get_the_author_posts_link()
+ *
+ * @param string $deprecated Unused.
+ */
+function the_author_posts_link( $deprecated = '' ) {
+ if ( ! empty( $deprecated ) ) {
+ _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
+ }
+ echo get_the_author_posts_link();
}
/**
* Retrieve the URL to the author page for the user with the ID provided.
*
* @since 2.1.0
- * @uses $wp_rewrite WP_Rewrite
+ *
+ * @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite
+ *
+ * @param int $author_id Author ID.
+ * @param string $author_nicename Optional. The author's nicename (slug). Default empty.
* @return string The URL to the author's page.
*/
-function get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename = '') {
+function get_author_posts_url( $author_id, $author_nicename = '' ) {
global $wp_rewrite;
$auth_ID = (int) $author_id;
$link = $wp_rewrite->get_author_permastruct();
}
/**
- * List all the authors of the blog, with several options available.
+ * List all the authors of the site, with several options available.
*
- * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_authors
+ * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_authors
*
* @since 1.2.0
*
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
+ *
* @param string|array $args {
* Optional. Array or string of default arguments.
*
* @type string $exclude An array, comma-, or space-separated list of author IDs to exclude. Default empty.
* @type string $exclude An array, comma-, or space-separated list of author IDs to include. Default empty.
* }
- * @return null|string The output, if echo is set to false. Otherwise null.
+ * @return string|void The output, if echo is set to false.
*/
function wp_list_authors( $args = '' ) {
global $wpdb;
$authors = get_users( $query_args );
$author_count = array();
- foreach ( (array) $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . " GROUP BY post_author" ) as $row ) {
+ foreach ( (array) $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . " GROUP BY post_author" ) as $row ) {
$author_count[$row->post_author] = $row->count;
}
foreach ( $authors as $author_id ) {
* Checks to see if more than one author has published posts.
*
* @since 3.2.0
+ *
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
+ *
* @return bool Whether or not we have more than one author
*/
function is_multi_author() {
function __clear_multi_author_cache() {
delete_transient( 'is_multi_author' );
}
-add_action('transition_post_status', '__clear_multi_author_cache');