Displays the author of the current comment.

Parameters

$comment_idint|WP_Commentoptional

WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to print the author.
Default current comment.

More Information

If no name is provided (and “User must fill out name and email” is not enabled under Discussion Options), WordPress will assign “Anonymous” as comment author.

Source

function comment_author( $comment_id = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );

	$comment_author = get_comment_author( $comment );

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's name for display.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 * @since 4.1.0 The `$comment_id` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param string $comment_author The comment author's username.
	 * @param string $comment_id     The comment ID as a numeric string.
	 */
	echo apply_filters( 'comment_author', $comment_author, $comment->comment_ID );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘comment_author’, string $comment_author, string $comment_id )

Filters the comment author’s name for display.

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