Title: problems displaying data
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# problems displaying data

 *  Resolved [Connor Miles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connor15/)
 * (@connor15)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-displaying-data/)
 * Hi,
 * first of all when i put this in
 * `<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>`
 *  it returns nothing and i have also tryed all other ones from wordpress.org like
   the_author(); .. ect
 * secondly when i put
 * `<?php the_excerpt(); ?>`
 * it shows nothing unless when i go to add post it has an excerpt section and when
   i put something in there it shows, but i thaught it was ment to automaticaly 
   generate that?
 * have any idea’s?
 * Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [Connor Miles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connor15/)
 * (@connor15)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-displaying-data/#post-3286538)
 * also the_content(); isnt working i think theres something seriosly wrong here
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Miles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connor15/)
 * (@connor15)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-displaying-data/#post-3286539)
 * heres a bit more info
 * heres my php
 *     ```
       <section class="entry">
   
       	 <?php
            // CHECK IF THE POST HAS A THUMBNAIL ASSIGNED TO IT
       	 	if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
        		 the_post_thumbnail('thumb-800x700');} ?>
   
               <?php the_content(); ?>
   
           </section>
       ```
   
 * and heres the output
 *     ```
       <section class="entry">
       <img width="800" height="500" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ZA-wp1.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-800x700 wp-post-image" alt="African Elephant Walking on Savanna" />
       </section>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Miles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/connor15/)
 * (@connor15)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-displaying-data/#post-3286540)
 * please ignore my stupidness it wasnt wrapped in a loop hah sorry
 * * CASE CLOSED

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-displaying-data/#post-3286540)
 * Status: resolved

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