Add custom post type support for Author Template functions

[sirzooro]

Functions defined in wp-includes/author-template.php assumes that post type == post. It will be good to enhance them so they will be able to work with specified post type.

At first sight following functions will need update:

get_the_author_link()
the_author_link()
get_the_author_posts()
the_author_posts()
the_author_posts_link()
get_author_posts_url()
wp_list_authors()

I suspect there will be other updates needed, to support new post_type argument added to author's url.

+1.

Would it not make sense to consider creating a WP_Author class too?

WordPress already has WP_User class - probably it would be better to add new methods to it instead of creating a WP_Author class.

I wonder if it is possible to create posts without assigning any user as author (anonymous posting) - if yes, WP_Author class would be better solution.