Getting the author name on author archive page inside WordPress

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I am making template for archives in WordPress website, but my template will not work for author name on author archive.

I have this:

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<?php if (is_category('')) { ?>
<?php single_cat_title(); ?>

<?php } elseif (is_author('')) { ?>
<?php get_userdata( get_query_var('author') );?>

<?php } elseif (is_day('')) { ?>
<?php echo get_the_time('F j, Y'); ?>

<?php } elseif (is_month('')) { ?>
<?php echo get_the_time('F Y'); ?>

<?php } elseif (is_year('')) { ?>
<?php echo get_the_time('Y'); ?>

<?php } elseif (is_tag('')) { ?>
<?php echo single_tag_title(''); ?>
<?php } ?>

This part will not work: 

<?php } elseif (is_author('')) { ?>
<?php get_userdata( get_query_var('author') );?>
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  1. WordPress supports an archive template for that. You simply have to add an author.php file to your theme folder: http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates

    And than you can use all author functions like:

    • get_the_author() for the author name
    • get_the_author_meta('description') for the description
    • get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('ID'), 40 ) for the avatar
    • …

    There are also archives for categories (http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates) and Tags (http://codex.wordpress.org/Tag_Templates) btw.

  2. The function you’re using in is_author returns a user object. It doesn’t output anything.

    Correct usage would be:

    <?php 
// Get current author.
$curauth = ( get_query_var( 'author_name' ) ) ? get_user_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'author_name' ) ) : get_userdata( get_query_var( 'author' ) ); ?>

Author: <?php echo $curauth->nickname; ?>

    Also the empty string isn’t necessary with is_category etc.