Returns the HTML email link to the author of the current comment.

Care should be taken to protect the email address and assure that email harvesters do not capture your commenter’s email address. Most assume that their email address will not appear in raw form on the site. Doing so will enable anyone, including those that people don’t want to get the email address and use it for their own means good and bad.

$linktext string Optional

Text to display instead of the comment author's email address.

Default: ''

$before string Optional

Text or HTML to display before the email link.

Default: ''

$after string Optional

Text or HTML to display after the email link.

Default: ''

$comment int|WP_Comment Optional

Comment ID or WP_Comment object. Default is the current comment.

Default: null

string HTML markup for the comment author email link. By default, the email address is obfuscated via the 'comment_email' filter with antispambot() .

File: wp-includes/comment-template.php. View all references

function get_comment_author_email_link( $linktext = '', $before = '', $after = '', $comment = null ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment );

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's email for display.
	 *
	 * Care should be taken to protect the email address and assure that email
	 * harvesters do not capture your commenter's email address.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 * @since 4.1.0 The `$comment` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param string     $comment_author_email The comment author's email address.
	 * @param WP_Comment $comment              The comment object.
	 */
	$email = apply_filters( 'comment_email', $comment->comment_author_email, $comment );

	if ( ( ! empty( $email ) ) && ( '@' !== $email ) ) {
		$display = ( '' !== $linktext ) ? $linktext : $email;
		$return  = $before;
		$return .= sprintf( '<a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>', esc_url( 'mailto:' . $email ), esc_html( $display ) );
		$return .= $after;
		return $return;
	} else {
		return '';
	}
}