As you know, in the loop, the_title() function displays (echos) the post title to the screen, and get_the_title() returns it (so it can be saved in a variable). The same is true for the pair get_the_post_thumbnail() and the_post_thumbnail().
Now, what is equivallent to the_author_posts_link()? I need to save that information rather than displaying it.
The author posts link returns the author name which is linked to posts written by him. I think what you need is the author name of the post.
It can be retrieved with <?php echo get_the_author(); ?> and if in case you need the link to the posts by this author then use:
<?php echo get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?>.
Please correct me if I am wrong!
I don't believe there is one. However there seems to be a hook with the same name "the_author_posts_link" that you should be able to use in your functions.php file.
add_filter('the_author_posts_link', change_link);
function change_link($link){
// You probably want to use some regex here to change the link, or perhaps just a
//str_replace() depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
//Then you just return the $link.
return $link;
}
I don't know of an equivalent.
If you know the author's Id, you can probably use a new query like one of this type :
$author_query = new WP_Query('author='.$authorid.'&posts_per_page=-1&' );
However, with this kind of approach, you will still need a loop to extract all the links information. You will find more information about this kind of solution here (not the same question as yours but similar approach).
