This function has been deprecated. bbPress (r5119) instead.

bbp_get_topic_author( int $topic_id )

Deprecated. Use bbp_get_topic_author_display_name() instead.

Description

Return the author of the topic

Parameters

$topic_id

(int) (Optional) Topic id

Return

(string) Author of topic

Source

File: bp-forums/topics/template.php

	function bbp_get_topic_author( $topic_id = 0 ) {
		$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id( $topic_id );

		if ( !bbp_is_topic_anonymous( $topic_id ) ) {
			$author = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', bbp_get_topic_author_id( $topic_id ) );
		} else {
			$author = get_post_meta( $topic_id, '_bbp_anonymous_name', true );
		}

		return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_topic_author', $author, $topic_id );
	}

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
bbPress (r5119) bbPress (r5119)
bbPress (r2590) Introduced.

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