diff --git a/djpress/templatetags/djpress_tags.py b/djpress/templatetags/djpress_tags.py
index 3691adb..c12e63d 100644
--- a/djpress/templatetags/djpress_tags.py
+++ b/djpress/templatetags/djpress_tags.py
@@ -36,16 +36,19 @@ def get_blog_title() -> str:
 
 
 @register.simple_tag
-def post_author_link(post: Post) -> str:
+def post_author_link(post: Post, link_class: str = "") -> str:
     """Return the author link for a post."""
     if not settings.AUTHOR_PATH_ENABLED:
         return post.author_display_name
 
     author_url = reverse("djpress:author_posts", args=[post.author])
 
+    link_class_html = f' class="{link_class}"' if link_class else ""
+
     output = (
         f'<a href="{author_url}" title="View all posts by '
-        f'{ post.author_display_name }">{ post.author_display_name }</a>'
+        f'{ post.author_display_name }"{link_class_html}>'
+        f"{ post.author_display_name }</a>"
     )
 
     return mark_safe(output)
diff --git a/djpress/tests/test_djpress_tags.py b/djpress/tests/test_djpress_tags.py
index 986ae72..e4cb4f0 100644
--- a/djpress/tests/test_djpress_tags.py
+++ b/djpress/tests/test_djpress_tags.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def category():
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def create_test_post(user):
+def create_test_post(user, category):
     post = Post.post_objects.create(
         title="Test Post",
         slug="test-post",
@@ -65,6 +65,33 @@ def test_post_author_link_with_author_path(create_test_post):
     assert djpress_tags.post_author_link(create_test_post) == expected_output
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_post_author_link_with_author_path_with_one_link_class(create_test_post):
+    settings.AUTHOR_PATH_ENABLED = True
+    author_url = reverse("djpress:author_posts", args=[create_test_post.author])
+    expected_output = (
+        f'<a href="{author_url}" title="View all posts by '
+        f'{ create_test_post.author_display_name }" class="class1">'
+        f"{ create_test_post.author_display_name }</a>"
+    )
+    assert djpress_tags.post_author_link(create_test_post, "class1") == expected_output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_post_author_link_with_author_path_with_two_link_class(create_test_post):
+    settings.AUTHOR_PATH_ENABLED = True
+    author_url = reverse("djpress:author_posts", args=[create_test_post.author])
+    expected_output = (
+        f'<a href="{author_url}" title="View all posts by '
+        f'{ create_test_post.author_display_name }" class="class1 class2">'
+        f"{ create_test_post.author_display_name }</a>"
+    )
+    assert (
+        djpress_tags.post_author_link(create_test_post, "class1 class2")
+        == expected_output
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_post_category_link_without_category_path(category):
     settings.CATEGORY_PATH_ENABLED = False