From ad57698f14acf3cd8e831c3f5dff5cc9538df75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryan <ryan@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:18:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add the_author filter.  Props markjaquith.  fixes #1531

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@2858 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/template-functions-author.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions-author.php b/wp-includes/template-functions-author.php
index 86aaa48d63..890e87bee2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions-author.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions-author.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 function get_the_author($idmode = '') {
     global $authordata;
-    return $authordata->display_name;
+    return apply_filters('the_author', $authordata->display_name);
 }
 
 function the_author($idmode = '', $echo = true) {
@@ -208,4 +208,4 @@ function list_authors($optioncount = false, $exclude_admin = true, $show_fullnam
     }
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>