get_comment_author_link( int|WP_Comment $comment_ID )

Retrieve the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.


Description

Both get_comment_author_url() and get_comment_author() rely on get_comment(), which falls back to the global comment variable if the $comment_ID argument is empty.


Parameters

$comment_ID

(int|WP_Comment) (Optional) WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to get the author's link. Default current comment.


Return

(string) The comment author name or HTML link for author's URL.


Source

File: wp-includes/comment-template.php

function get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
	$url     = get_comment_author_url( $comment );
	$author  = get_comment_author( $comment );

	if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' == $url )
		$return = $author;
	else
		$return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>$author</a>";

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's link for display.
	 *
	 * @since WP-1.5.0
	 * @since WP-4.1.0 The `$author` and `$comment_ID` parameters were added.
	 *
	 * @param string $return     The HTML-formatted comment author link.
	 *                           Empty for an invalid URL.
	 * @param string $author     The comment author's username.
	 * @param int    $comment_ID The comment ID.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_comment_author_link', $return, $author, $comment->comment_ID );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_ID to also accept a WP_Comment object.
WP-1.5.0 Introduced.