テンプレートタグ/the author meta

Description

The the_author_meta Template Tag displays the desired meta data for a user. If this tag is used within The Loop, the user ID value need not be specified, and the displayed data is that of the current post author. A user ID can be specified if this tag is used outside The Loop.

Use get_the_author_meta() if you need to return (not display) the information.

Note: the_author_meta was first available with Version 2.8.

Usage

%%% <?php the_author_meta( $field, $userID ); ?> %%%

Parameters

$field 

(string) Field name for the data item to be displayed. Valid values:

• user_login
• user_pass
• user_nicename
• user_email
• user_url
• user_registered
• user_activation_key
• user_status
• display_name
• nickname
• first_name
• last_name
• description
• jabber
• aim
• yim
• user_level
• user_firstname
• user_lastname
• user_description
• rich_editing
• comment_shortcuts
• admin_color
• plugins_per_page
• plugins_last_view
• ID

$userID 

(integer) If the user ID fields is used, then this function display the specific field for this user ID.

Examples

Display the Author's AIM screenname

Displays the value in the author's AIM (AOL Instant Messenger screenname) field.

<p>This author's AIM address is <?php the_author_meta('aim'); ?></p>

Display a User Email Address

Displays the email address for user ID 25.

<p>The email address for user id 25 is <?php the_author_meta('user_email',25); ?></p>

Change Log

Since: 2.8.0

Source File

the_author_meta() is located in wp-includes/author-template.php.

Related

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