author’s name or logged in user’s name?
can use global $current_user; or wp_get_current_user(); if the user is logged in.
if( is_user_logged_in() ) {
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
echo $current_user->user_firstname;
}
for specific user role you can check $current_user->roles array.
Reference:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo
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