get_the_author_posts

Retrieve the number of posts by the author of the current post.

Description

(int) get_the_author_posts(); 

Returns (int)

The number of posts by the author.

Usage

  1. if ( !function_exists( 'get_the_author_posts' ) ) { 
  2.     require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/author-template.php'; 
  3. } 
  4.  
  5.   
  6. // NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
  7. $result = get_the_author_posts(); 
  8.     

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/author-template.php  
  1. function get_the_author_posts() { 
  2.     $post = get_post(); 
  3.     if ( ! $post ) { 
  4.         return 0; 
  5.     } 
  6.     return count_user_posts( $post->post_author, $post->post_type ); 
  7. }