WordPress tip: author bio excerpt

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!