The get_comment_author_url() WordPress PHP function retrieves the URL of the author of the current comment, without linking to it.
Usage
$author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment_id );
Example:
$author_url = get_comment_author_url( 42 ); echo $author_url; // Output: https://example.com
Parameters
$comment_id(int|WP_Comment) – Optional. The WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to get the author’s URL. Default is the current comment.
More information
See WordPress Developer Resources: get_comment_author_url()
Examples
Display the author URL of the current comment
This example will display the author URL for the current comment in a loop.
if ( have_comments() ) {
while ( have_comments() ) {
the_comment();
$author_url = get_comment_author_url();
echo 'Author URL: ' . $author_url;
}
}
Retrieve the author URL using comment ID
This example retrieves the author URL for a specific comment by its ID.
$comment_id = 72; $author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment_id ); echo 'Author URL: ' . $author_url;
Display comment author URLs for all comments of a post
This example retrieves the author URLs for all comments of a specific post.
$post_id = 56;
$comments = get_comments( array( 'post_id' => $post_id ) );
foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
$author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment->comment_ID );
echo 'Author URL: ' . $author_url . '<br>';
}
Add a custom prefix to author URLs
This example adds a custom prefix to the author URLs before displaying them.
$comment_id = 42; $author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment_id ); $custom_prefix = 'Author\'s Website: '; echo $custom_prefix . $author_url;
Display author URLs for top-level comments only
This example retrieves the author URLs for top-level comments of a specific post.
$post_id = 56;
$comments = get_comments( array( 'post_id' => $post_id, 'parent' => 0 ) );
foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
$author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment->comment_ID );
echo 'Author URL: ' . $author_url . '<br>';
}