get_author_feed_link() WordPress Function
The get_author_feed_link() function in WordPress allows you to easily create an RSS feed for an author's posts. This is useful if you want to syndicate an author's content on your site, or if you want to allow readers to subscribe to an author's posts via RSS.
get_author_feed_link( int $author_id, string $feed = '' ) #
Retrieves the feed link for a given author.
Description
Returns a link to the feed for all posts by a given author. A specific feed can be requested or left blank to get the default feed.
Parameters
- $author_id
(int)(Required)Author ID.
- $feed
(string)(Optional) Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'. Default is the value of get_default_feed().
Default value: ''
Return
(string) Link to the feed for the author specified by $author_id.
Source
File: wp-includes/link-template.php
function get_author_feed_link( $author_id, $feed = '' ) { $author_id = (int) $author_id; $permalink_structure = get_option( 'permalink_structure' ); if ( empty( $feed ) ) { $feed = get_default_feed(); } if ( ! $permalink_structure ) { $link = home_url( "?feed=$feed&author=" . $author_id ); } else { $link = get_author_posts_url( $author_id ); if ( get_default_feed() == $feed ) { $feed_link = 'feed'; } else { $feed_link = "feed/$feed"; } $link = trailingslashit( $link ) . user_trailingslashit( $feed_link, 'feed' ); } /** * Filters the feed link for a given author. * * @since 1.5.1 * * @param string $link The author feed link. * @param string $feed Feed type. Possible values include 'rss2', 'atom'. */ $link = apply_filters( 'author_feed_link', $link, $feed ); return $link; }
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Changelog
Version | Description |
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2.5.0 | Introduced. |