diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 8e5e925..fd4298d 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php
+<?php // https://github.com/retlehs/roots/wiki
 
 require_once get_template_directory() . '/inc/roots-activation.php'; 	// activation
 require_once get_template_directory() . '/inc/roots-options.php'; 		// theme options
@@ -76,4 +76,10 @@ foreach ($sidebars as $sidebar) {
 	));
 }
 
+// return post entry meta information
+function roots_entry_meta() {
+	echo '<time class="updated" datetime="'. get_the_time('c') .'" pubdate>'. sprintf(__('Posted on %s at %s.', 'roots'), get_the_time('l, F jS, Y'), get_the_time()) .'</time>';
+	echo '<p class="byline author vcard">'. __('Written by', 'roots') .' <a href="'. get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('id')) .'" rel="author" class="fn">'. get_the_author() .'</a></p>';
+}
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/loop-search.php b/loop-search.php
index 47fa073..0298f70 100644
--- a/loop-search.php
+++ b/loop-search.php
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 		<?php roots_post_inside_before(); ?>
 			<header>
 				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
-				<time pubdate datetime="<?php the_time('c'); ?>"><?php printf(__('Posted on %s at %s.', 'roots'), get_the_time('l, F jS, Y'), get_the_time()); ?></time>
-        <p class="byline author vcard"><?php _e('Written by', 'roots'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></p>
+				<?php roots_entry_meta(); ?>	
 			</header>
 			<div class="entry-content">
 				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
diff --git a/loop-single.php b/loop-single.php
index b662a34..bd16b0e 100644
--- a/loop-single.php
+++ b/loop-single.php
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 		<?php roots_post_inside_before(); ?>
 			<header>
 				<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
-				<time class="updated" datetime="<?php the_time('c'); ?>" pubdate><?php printf(__('Posted on %s at %s.', 'roots'), get_the_time('l, F jS, Y'),get_the_time())?></time>
-				<p class="byline author vcard"><?php _e('Written by', 'roots'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></p>			</header>
+				<?php roots_entry_meta(); ?>
+			</header>
 			<div class="entry-content">
 				<?php the_content(); ?>
 			</div>
diff --git a/loop.php b/loop.php
index fac39e4..fa77023 100644
--- a/loop.php
+++ b/loop.php
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 		<?php roots_post_inside_before(); ?>
 			<header>
 				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
-				<time pubdate datetime="<?php the_time('c'); ?>"><?php printf( __('Posted on %s at %s.','roots'), get_the_time('l, F jS, Y'), get_the_time()) ?></time>
-				<p class="byline author vcard"><?php _e('Written by', 'roots'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></p>
+				<?php roots_entry_meta(); ?>
 			</header>
 			<div class="entry-content">
 		<?php if (is_archive() || is_search()) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search ?>