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I'm using the following to send an email to the admin when a post is publish by an author:

add_action('publish_post', 'send_admin_email'); function send_admin_email($post_id){
    $to = '[email protected]';
    $subject = 'subject';
    $message = "Here is :".get_permalink($post_id);
    wp_mail($to, $subject, $message );

I would like to add the post author in $message.

I try get_the_author(); and the_author(); but nothing happens.

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Missing global ?

global $post;

No global variable available if you are using publish_post action hook!

Ref : http://hungred.com/how-to/tutorial-post-id-publishpost-action-hook-wordpress/

Update 2 :

or try this

$author = get_userdata($post->post_author);

So you can use $author where you will :D

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  • Like that ? : add_action('publish_post', 'send_admin_email'); function send_admin_email($post_id){global $post; $to = '[email protected]'; $subject = 'subject'; $message = "The author is :".get_the_author(); wp_mail($to, $subject, $message );
    – Cat
    Oct 24, 2012 at 13:32
  • I'm french so i don't understand your Ref very well. Sorry. :s
    – Cat
    Oct 24, 2012 at 13:34
  • I forgot to say, my code work perfectly but i want to "add" the author in the mail.
    – Cat
    Oct 24, 2012 at 13:49
  • Edited, check it out my answer @Cat
    – l2aelba
    Oct 24, 2012 at 13:53
  • I try this add_action('publish_post', 'send_admin_email'); function send_admin_email($post_id){ $to = '[email protected]'; $subject = "Un nouveau contrat SMP-PRO a été enregistré par".get_userdata($post->post_author); $message = "Sandra, le dossier ".get_the_title($post_id)." est visible sur cette page : ".get_edit_post_link( $id, $context ); wp_mail($to, $subject, $message ); } but it's not working… :(
    – Cat
    Oct 24, 2012 at 14:04

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