get_comment_author_link

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Summery Summery

Retrieves the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.

Syntax Syntax

get_comment_author_link( int|WP_Comment $comment_ID )

Description Description

Both get_comment_author_url() and get_comment_author() rely on get_comment(), which falls back to the global comment variable if the $comment_ID argument is empty.

Parameters Parameters

$comment_ID

(Optional) WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to get the author's link. Default current comment.

Return Return

(string) The comment author name or HTML link for author's URL.

Source Source

File: wp-includes/comment-template.php

function get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
	$url     = get_comment_author_url( $comment );
	$author  = get_comment_author( $comment );

	if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' === $url ) {
		$return = $author;
	} else {
		$return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow ugc' class='url'>$author</a>";
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's link for display.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 * @since 4.1.0 The `$author` and `$comment_ID` parameters were added.
	 *
	 * @param string $return     The HTML-formatted comment author link.
	 *                           Empty for an invalid URL.
	 * @param string $author     The comment author's username.
	 * @param int    $comment_ID The comment ID.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_comment_author_link', $return, $author, $comment->comment_ID );
}

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_ID to also accept a WP_Comment object.
1.5.0 Introduced.

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