the_author

AUTHOR TAG

What It Does

Displays the name of a posts author. the_author must be used within The Loop.

Code

Example

The following example will display the author’s name within the post:

Of course, the verbage surrounding the_author tag can be changed to whatever you like.

To display the author’s first name only, see the_author_firstname

To display the author’s last name only, see the_author_lastname