Title: When is author.php called?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# When is author.php called?

 *  [php-coder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/php-coder/)
 * (@php-coder)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-is-authorphp-called/)
 * [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/4.2/src/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/author-bio.php](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/4.2/src/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/author-bio.php)
 * When is author-bio.php called?

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 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-is-authorphp-called/#post-6182938)
 * If you check the code for `content.php`, you can see that it gets called if we’re
   currently viewing a single post, and only if the author of that post has a biography(
   Dashboard > Users > Your Profile > About Yourself > Biographical Info).

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