get_profile

The timeline below displays how wordpress function get_profile has changed across different WordPress versions. If a version is not listed, refer to the next available version below.

WordPress Version: 5.5

/**
 * Retrieve user data based on field.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.0.0 Use get_the_author_meta()
 * @see get_the_author_meta()
 *
 * @param string    $field User meta field.
 * @param false|int $user  Optional. User ID to retrieve the field for. Default false (current user).
 * @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
 */
function get_profile($field, $user = false)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'get_the_author_meta()');
    if ($user) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', $user);
        $user = $user->ID;
    }
    return get_the_author_meta($field, $user);
}

WordPress Version: 4.6

/**
 * Retrieve user data based on field.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.0.0 Use get_the_author_meta()
 * @see get_the_author_meta()
 *
 * @param string    $field User meta field.
 * @param false|int $user Optional. User ID to retrieve the field for. Default false (current user).
 * @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
 */
function get_profile($field, $user = false)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'get_the_author_meta()');
    if ($user) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', $user);
        $user = $user->ID;
    }
    return get_the_author_meta($field, $user);
}

WordPress Version: 4.5

/**
 * Retrieve user data based on field.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.0.0 Use get_the_author_meta()
 * @see get_the_author_meta()
 *
 * @param string    $field User meta field.
 * @param false|int $user Optional. User ID to retrieve the field for. Default false (current user).
 * @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
 */
function get_profile($field, $user = false)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.0', 'get_the_author_meta()');
    if ($user) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', $user);
        $user = $user->ID;
    }
    return get_the_author_meta($field, $user);
}

WordPress Version: 4.4

/**
 * Retrieve user data based on field.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.0.0 Use get_the_author_meta()
 * @see get_the_author_meta()
 */
function get_profile($field, $user = false)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.0', 'get_the_author_meta()');
    if ($user) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', $user);
        $user = $user->ID;
    }
    return get_the_author_meta($field, $user);
}

WordPress Version: 3.7

/**
 * Retrieve user data based on field.
 *
 * @since 1.5.0
 * @deprecated 3.0.0
 * @deprecated Use get_the_author_meta()
 * @see get_the_author_meta()
 */
function get_profile($field, $user = false)
{
    _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.0', 'get_the_author_meta()');
    if ($user) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', $user);
        $user = $user->ID;
    }
    return get_the_author_meta($field, $user);
}