3 * Author Template functions for use in themes.
5 * These functions must be used within the WordPress Loop.
7 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates
10 * @subpackage Template
14 * Retrieve the author of the current post.
17 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
18 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'the_author' hook on the author display name.
20 * @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
21 * @return string The author's display name.
23 function get_the_author($deprecated = '') {
26 if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
27 _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
29 return apply_filters('the_author', is_object($authordata) ? $authordata->display_name : null);
33 * Display the name of the author of the current post.
35 * The behavior of this function is based off of old functionality predating
36 * get_the_author(). This function is not deprecated, but is designed to echo
37 * the value from get_the_author() and as an result of any old theme that might
38 * still use the old behavior will also pass the value from get_the_author().
40 * The normal, expected behavior of this function is to echo the author and not
41 * return it. However, backwards compatibility has to be maintained.
44 * @see get_the_author()
45 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author
47 * @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
48 * @param string $deprecated_echo Deprecated. Use get_the_author(). Echo the string or return it.
49 * @return string The author's display name, from get_the_author().
51 function the_author( $deprecated = '', $deprecated_echo = true ) {
52 if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
53 _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
54 if ( $deprecated_echo !== true )
55 _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '1.5', __('Use <code>get_the_author()</code> instead if you do not want the value echoed.') );
56 if ( $deprecated_echo )
57 echo get_the_author();
58 return get_the_author();
62 * Retrieve the author who last edited the current post.
65 * @uses $post The current post's DB object.
66 * @uses get_post_meta() Retrieves the ID of the author who last edited the current post.
67 * @uses get_userdata() Retrieves the author's DB object.
68 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'the_modified_author' hook on the author display name.
69 * @return string The author's display name.
71 function get_the_modified_author() {
72 if ( $last_id = get_post_meta( get_post()->ID, '_edit_last', true) ) {
73 $last_user = get_userdata($last_id);
74 return apply_filters('the_modified_author', $last_user->display_name);
79 * Display the name of the author who last edited the current post.
82 * @see get_the_author()
83 * @return string The author's display name, from get_the_modified_author().
85 function the_modified_author() {
86 echo get_the_modified_author();
90 * Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.
91 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
93 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object (if $user_id not specified).
94 * @param string $field selects the field of the users record.
95 * @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
96 * @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
98 function get_the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) {
101 $user_id = isset( $authordata->ID ) ? $authordata->ID : 0;
103 $authordata = get_userdata( $user_id );
106 if ( in_array( $field, array( 'login', 'pass', 'nicename', 'email', 'url', 'registered', 'activation_key', 'status' ) ) )
107 $field = 'user_' . $field;
109 $value = isset( $authordata->$field ) ? $authordata->$field : '';
111 return apply_filters( 'get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id );
115 * Retrieve the requested data of the author of the current post.
116 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
118 * @param string $field selects the field of the users record.
119 * @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
120 * @echo string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
122 function the_author_meta($field = '', $user_id = false) {
123 echo apply_filters('the_author_' . $field, get_the_author_meta($field, $user_id), $user_id);
127 * Retrieve either author's link or author's name.
129 * If the author has a home page set, return an HTML link, otherwise just return the
132 * @uses get_the_author_meta()
133 * @uses get_the_author()
135 function get_the_author_link() {
136 if ( get_the_author_meta('url') ) {
137 return '<a href="' . esc_url( get_the_author_meta('url') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf(__("Visit %s’s website"), get_the_author()) ) . '" rel="author external">' . get_the_author() . '</a>';
139 return get_the_author();
144 * Display either author's link or author's name.
146 * If the author has a home page set, echo an HTML link, otherwise just echo the
149 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_link
151 * @uses get_the_author_link()
153 function the_author_link() {
154 echo get_the_author_link();
158 * Retrieve the number of posts by the author of the current post.
161 * @uses $post The current post in the Loop's DB object.
162 * @uses count_user_posts()
163 * @return int The number of posts by the author.
165 function get_the_author_posts() {
166 return count_user_posts( get_post()->post_author );
170 * Display the number of posts by the author of the current post.
172 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts
174 * @uses get_the_author_posts() Echoes returned value from function.
176 function the_author_posts() {
177 echo get_the_author_posts();
181 * Display an HTML link to the author page of the author of the current post.
183 * Does just echo get_author_posts_url() function, like the others do. The
184 * reason for this, is that another function is used to help in printing the
185 * link to the author's posts.
187 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts_link
189 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
190 * @uses get_author_posts_url()
191 * @uses get_the_author()
192 * @param string $deprecated Deprecated.
194 function the_author_posts_link($deprecated = '') {
195 if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
196 _deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.1' );
199 if ( !is_object( $authordata ) )
202 '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a>',
203 esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ),
204 esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), get_the_author() ) ),
207 echo apply_filters( 'the_author_posts_link', $link );
211 * Retrieve the URL to the author page for the user with the ID provided.
214 * @uses $wp_rewrite WP_Rewrite
215 * @return string The URL to the author's page.
217 function get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename = '') {
219 $auth_ID = (int) $author_id;
220 $link = $wp_rewrite->get_author_permastruct();
222 if ( empty($link) ) {
223 $file = home_url( '/' );
224 $link = $file . '?author=' . $auth_ID;
226 if ( '' == $author_nicename ) {
227 $user = get_userdata($author_id);
228 if ( !empty($user->user_nicename) )
229 $author_nicename = $user->user_nicename;
231 $link = str_replace('%author%', $author_nicename, $link);
232 $link = home_url( user_trailingslashit( $link ) );
235 $link = apply_filters('author_link', $link, $author_id, $author_nicename);
241 * List all the authors of the blog, with several options available.
244 * <li>optioncount (boolean) (false): Show the count in parenthesis next to the
245 * author's name.</li>
246 * <li>exclude_admin (boolean) (true): Exclude the 'admin' user that is
247 * installed by default.</li>
248 * <li>show_fullname (boolean) (false): Show their full names.</li>
249 * <li>hide_empty (boolean) (true): Don't show authors without any posts.</li>
250 * <li>feed (string) (''): If isn't empty, show links to author's feeds.</li>
251 * <li>feed_image (string) (''): If isn't empty, use this image to link to
253 * <li>echo (boolean) (true): Set to false to return the output, instead of
255 * <li>style (string) ('list'): Whether to display list of authors in list form
256 * or as a string.</li>
257 * <li>html (bool) (true): Whether to list the items in html form or plaintext.
261 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_authors
263 * @param array $args The argument array.
264 * @return null|string The output, if echo is set to false.
266 function wp_list_authors($args = '') {
270 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC', 'number' => '',
271 'optioncount' => false, 'exclude_admin' => true,
272 'show_fullname' => false, 'hide_empty' => true,
273 'feed' => '', 'feed_image' => '', 'feed_type' => '', 'echo' => true,
274 'style' => 'list', 'html' => true
277 $args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
278 extract( $args, EXTR_SKIP );
282 $query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, array( 'orderby', 'order', 'number' ) );
283 $query_args['fields'] = 'ids';
284 $authors = get_users( $query_args );
286 $author_count = array();
287 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 )
288 $author_count[$row->post_author] = $row->count;
290 foreach ( $authors as $author_id ) {
291 $author = get_userdata( $author_id );
293 if ( $exclude_admin && 'admin' == $author->display_name )
296 $posts = isset( $author_count[$author->ID] ) ? $author_count[$author->ID] : 0;
298 if ( !$posts && $hide_empty )
303 if ( $show_fullname && $author->first_name && $author->last_name )
304 $name = "$author->first_name $author->last_name";
306 $name = $author->display_name;
309 $return .= $name . ', ';
311 continue; // No need to go further to process HTML.
314 if ( 'list' == $style ) {
318 $link = '<a href="' . get_author_posts_url( $author->ID, $author->user_nicename ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf(__("Posts by %s"), $author->display_name) ) . '">' . $name . '</a>';
320 if ( !empty( $feed_image ) || !empty( $feed ) ) {
322 if ( empty( $feed_image ) ) {
326 $link .= '<a href="' . get_author_feed_link( $author->ID ) . '"';
329 if ( !empty( $feed ) ) {
330 $title = ' title="' . esc_attr( $feed ) . '"';
331 $alt = ' alt="' . esc_attr( $feed ) . '"';
338 if ( !empty( $feed_image ) )
339 $link .= '<img src="' . esc_url( $feed_image ) . '" style="border: none;"' . $alt . $title . ' />';
345 if ( empty( $feed_image ) )
350 $link .= ' ('. $posts . ')';
353 $return .= ( 'list' == $style ) ? '</li>' : ', ';
356 $return = rtrim($return, ', ');
365 * Does this site have more than one author
367 * Checks to see if more than one author has published posts.
370 * @return bool Whether or not we have more than one author
372 function is_multi_author() {
375 if ( false === ( $is_multi_author = get_transient( 'is_multi_author' ) ) ) {
376 $rows = (array) $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' LIMIT 2");
377 $is_multi_author = 1 < count( $rows ) ? 1 : 0;
378 set_transient( 'is_multi_author', $is_multi_author );
381 return apply_filters( 'is_multi_author', (bool) $is_multi_author );
385 * Helper function to clear the cache for number of authors.
389 function __clear_multi_author_cache() {
390 delete_transient( 'is_multi_author' );
392 add_action('transition_post_status', '__clear_multi_author_cache');