the_author_description

AUTHOR TAG

What It Does

Displays the text in the About yourself box for the given author. This is defined from within the admin panel under Administration > Profile > Your Profile.

the_author_description must be used within The Loop.

Code

<?php the_author_description(); ?>

Example

The following example will display information about the author:

<p>A little information about the author: <?php the_author_description(); ?></p>

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