I have two simple code for Showing Author name And Date on WordPress theme. You can use give code o your WordPress custom theme.
Code for Author name
show only author name
<?php echo get_the_author(); ?>
with clickable
<a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID'))); ?>"><?php echo get_the_author(); ?></a>
Code for DATE
Show post published date
<time class="updated" datetime="<?php echo esc_html(date(DATE_W3C, get_the_time('U'))) ?>" ><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')) ?></time>
Show post updated date
<time class="updated" datetime="<?php echo esc_html(date(DATE_W3C, get_the_modified_time('U'))) ?>">
<?php the_modified_time(get_option('date_format')) ?>
</time>
How to use
- Open active theme’s folder.
- Now paste given code where you want to show and SAVE.
Hope this code and article helpful for you. Thanks for visiting
