WordPress get author info from post id

Question

Or even the author id from the post id  I am trying to return the author meta  author page link and avatar  in the sidebar of a single post page  outside of the post loop   What is the best way to do this  I am using a custom function  see below  to return the post id  but am not sure what function to call next   function this post id       global  wp query     thePostID    wp query- gt post- gt ID    return  thePostID

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If you want it outside of loop then use the below code    lt  php  author id   get post field   post author    cause id    display name   get the author meta   display name     author id     echo  display name    gt

User · Answer

I figured it out     lt  php  author id  post- gt post author    gt   lt img src   lt  php the author meta   avatar     author id      gt    width  140  height  140  class  avatar  alt   lt  php echo the author meta   display name     author id      gt     gt   lt  php the author meta   user nicename     author id      gt

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lt  php    field    display name     the author meta  field     gt   Valid values for the  field parameter include   admin color aim comment shortcuts description display name first name ID jabber last name nickname plugins last view plugins per page rich editing syntax highlighting user activation key user description user email user firstname user lastname user level user login user nicename user pass user registered user status user url yim

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