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Turn a string, list, or array of author IDs and/or slugs into a list of links to those authors.

These are all valid calls:

<?php linkify_authors(3); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("3"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("3 9 10"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott bill alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott 9 alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("3,9,10"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott,bill,alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott,92,alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("3, 9, 10"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott, bill, alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors("scott, 92, alice"); ?>
<?php linkify_authors(array(43,92,102)); ?>
<?php linkify_authors(array("43","92","102")); ?>
<?php linkify_authors(array("scott","bill","alice")); ?>
<?php linkify_authors(array("scott",92,"alice")); ?>

<?php linkify_authors("3 9"); ?>
Displays something like:
<a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/author/admin">Scott</a>, <a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/author/billm">Bill</a>

<ul><?php linkify_authors("3, 9", "<li>", "</li>", "</li><li>"); ?></ul>
Displays something like:

<ul><li><a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/author/admin">Scott</a></li>
<li><a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/author/billm">Bill</a></li></ul>

<?php linkify_authors(""); // Assume you passed an empty string as the first value ?>
Displays nothing.

<?php linkify_authors("", "", "", "", "", "No related authors."); // Assume you passed an empty string as the first value ?>
Displays:
No related authors.

Find out more at the plugin’s WordPress Plugin Repository page.

1. Unzip linkify-authors.zip inside the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for your site (or install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer)
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
3. Use the linkify_authors() template author in one of your templates (be sure to pass it at least the first argument indicating what author IDs and/or slugs to linkify — the argument can be an array, a space-separate list, or a comma-separated list). Other optional arguments are available to customize the output.