Ticket #17025: 17025.2.diff

src/wp-includes/author-template.php

@@ -283 +283 @@
         $query_args['fields'] = 'ids';
         $authors = get_users( $query_args );
 
+        $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . " GROUP BY post_author";
+
+        /**
+         * Filter the authors SQL query.
+         *
+         * @since 3.7.0
+         *
+         * @param string $sql The authors SQL query.
+         */
+        $rows = $wpdb->get_results( apply_filters( 'list_authors_query', $sql ) );
+
         $author_count = array();
-        foreach ( (array) $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . " GROUP BY post_author") as $row )
+        foreach ( (array) $rows as $row )
                 $author_count[$row->post_author] = $row->count;
 
         foreach ( $authors as $author_id ) {