make the "sold by" on the orders/view page a link - WC Vendors Pro (testing...)

functions.php

/* change short description on product add/edit front end form */
remove_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_create_order_line_item', array( 'WCV_Vendor_Shop', 'add_vendor_to_order_item_meta' ), 50, 3 );
add_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_create_order_line_item', 'custom_add_vendor_to_order_item_meta' );
function custom_add_vendor_to_order_item_meta( $item, $cart_item_key, $values ) {

		$cart      	= WC()->cart->get_cart();
		$cart_item 	= $cart[ $cart_item_key ]; 
		$product_id 	= $cart_item['data']->get_id();
		$post 		= get_post( $product_id ); 
		$vendor_id 	= $post->post_author; 
                $store_url      = site_url( WC_Vendors::$pv_options->get_option( 'vendor_shop_permalink' ) .'/' .$vendor_id->pv_shop_slug );
		$sold_by_label 	= WC_Vendors::$pv_options->get_option( 'sold_by_label' ); 
		$sold_by 	= WCV_Vendors::is_vendor( $vendor_id ) ? sprintf( WCV_Vendors::get_vendor_sold_by( $vendor_id ) ): get_bloginfo( 'name' );
		$sold_by_link   = '<p><a href="'.$store_url.'">'.$sold_by.'</a></p>';

		$item->add_meta_data( $sold_by_label , $sold_by_link );


} // custom_add_vendor_to_order_item_meta()