get_author_posts_url() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the URL to the author page for the user with the ID provided.

Parameters

$author_idintrequired: Author ID.
$author_nicenamestringoptional: The author’s nicename (slug).
Default:''

Return

string The URL to the author’s page.

Source

function get_author_posts_url( $author_id, $author_nicename = '' ) {
	global $wp_rewrite;

	$author_id = (int) $author_id;
	$link      = $wp_rewrite->get_author_permastruct();

	if ( empty( $link ) ) {
		$file = home_url( '/' );
		$link = $file . '?author=' . $author_id;
	} else {
		if ( '' === $author_nicename ) {
			$user = get_userdata( $author_id );
			if ( ! empty( $user->user_nicename ) ) {
				$author_nicename = $user->user_nicename;
			}
		}
		$link = str_replace( '%author%', $author_nicename, $link );
		$link = home_url( user_trailingslashit( $link ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the URL to the author's page.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string $link            The URL to the author's page.
	 * @param int    $author_id       The author's ID.
	 * @param string $author_nicename The author's nice name.
	 */
	$link = apply_filters( 'author_link', $link, $author_id, $author_nicename );

	return $link;
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘author_link’, string $link, int $author_id, string $author_nicename ): Filters the URL to the author’s page.

Uses	Description
user_trailingslashit()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves a trailing-slashed string if the site is set for adding trailing slashes.
WP_Rewrite::get_author_permastruct()`wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php`	Retrieves the author permalink structure.
get_userdata()`wp-includes/pluggable.php`	Retrieves user info by user ID.
home_url()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves the URL for the current site where the front end is accessible.
apply_filters()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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Used by	Description
WP_Sitemaps_Users::get_url_list()`wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-users.php`	Gets a URL list for a user sitemap.
WP_REST_Users_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php`	Prepares a single user output for response.
get_oembed_response_data()`wp-includes/embed.php`	Retrieves the oEmbed response data for a given post.
get_the_author_posts_link()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Retrieves an HTML link to the author page of the current post’s author.
WP_Users_List_Table::single_row()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php`	Generates HTML for a single row on the users.php admin panel.
get_author_link()`wp-includes/deprecated.php`	Returns or Prints link to the author’s posts.
get_author_feed_link()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves the feed link for a given author.
wp_admin_bar_edit_menu()`wp-includes/admin-bar.php`	Provides an edit link for posts and terms.
redirect_canonical()`wp-includes/canonical.php`	Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.
wp_list_authors()`wp-includes/author-template.php`	Lists all the authors of the site, with several options available.

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Changelog

Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

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Jon (Kenshino) 10 years ago

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Display the link of the author page for the author of the current post
```
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a>
```
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Arafat Jamil 4 years ago

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Link to the archive of posts created by the author of the current post.
```
$author_id  = get_post_field( 'post_author', get_the_ID() );
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $author_id ) ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a>
```
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Codex 10 years ago

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Display the link of the author page for the author of the current post
```
<a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a>
```
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get_author_posts_url( int $author_id, string $author_nicename = '' ): string

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