author name problems again!

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_author

hi thanks for replying;

I had tried <p>This post was written by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
but shows nothing but the text. The author name doesn’t show in the dashboard either when you edit posts.

sorry; here is the article link:
https://www.articleoutlook.com/the-black-dog-and-living-with-depression/

author details at bottom

Try moving that line further up the single.php template file. Placing it just before <>php the_content();?> would be a good test to see if the tag is working correctly or whether something is interfering with it.

still nothing; the text shows above the post but again no author

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?

OMG…thank you so much; it was the “TweetMeme Follow Button” plugin; I would never have thought of that ever! All other plugins are activated except that one and now the name shows;

I am forever in your debt; thank you ??