How to get wordpress author information

To get wordpress author information in your theme need to use below function.

<?php the_author(); ?>
<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), 'size here' ); ?>
<?php echo the_author_link(); ?>
<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
<?php the_author_meta( $field, $userID ); ?>
<?php the_author_meta('social'); ?>
<?php the_author_description(); ?>
<?php echo date("D M Y", strtotime(get_userdata(get_current_user_id( ))->user_registered)); ?>

Line-1: To get wordpress author name.

Line-2: To get wordpress author avatar image.

Line-3: To get wordpress author name with link.

Line-4: To get wordpress author post link.

Line-5: To get wordpress author meta. In field can use: user_login, user_pass, user_nicename, user_email, user_url, user_registered, user_activation_key, user_status, display_name, nickname, first_name, last_name, description, jabber, aim, yim, user_level, user_firstname, user_lastname, user_description, rich_editing, comment_shortcuts, admin_color, plugins_per_page, plugins_last_view, ID .

Line-6: To get wordpress author meta Aim. This is an example to get meta.

Line-7: To get wordpress Author bio information.

Line-8: To get wordpress author joining date.

To add more social link just below function in your wordpress theme functions.php file.

function my_new_contactmethods( $contactmethods ) {
// Add Twitter
$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
//add Facebook
$contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';
//here can be add more
return $contactmethods;
}
add_filter('user_contactmethods','my_new_contactmethods',10,1);