Let’s start by creating the function. The code below have to be pasted into your functions.php file.
<?php function author_excerpt (){ $ word_limit = 20; // Limit the number of words $ more_txt = 'read more about:'; // The read more text $ txt_end = '...'; // Display text end $ authorName = get_the_author(); $ authorUrl = get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta('ID')); $ authorDescriptionShort = wp_trim_words(strip_tags(get_the_author_meta('description')), $ word_limit, $ txt_end.'<br /> '.$ more_txt.' <a href="'.$ authorUrl.'">'.$ authorName.'</a>'); return $ authorDescriptionShort; } ?>
Once done, you can use the function. To do so, use the code below where you’d like to display an author bio excerpt:
<?php if (function_exists('author_excerpt')){echo author_excerpt();} ?>
Thanks to Tim Marcher for submitting this recipe!
