Ticket #20285: 20285.2.diff

wp-includes/author-template.php

@@ -96 +96 @@
  * @param int $user_id Optional. User ID.
  * @return string The author's field from the current author's DB object.
  */
-function get_the_author_meta($field = '', $user_id = false) {
-        if ( ! $user_id )
+function get_the_author_meta( $field = '', $user_id = false ) {
+        if ( ! $user_id ) {
                 global $authordata;
-        else
+                $user_id = $authordata->ID;
+        } else {
                 $authordata = get_userdata( $user_id );
+        }
 
-        // Keys used as object vars cannot have dashes.
-        $field = str_replace('-', '', $field);
-        $field = strtolower($field);
-        $user_field = "user_$field";
+        if ( in_array( $field, array( 'login', 'pass', 'nicename', 'email', 'url', 'registered', 'activation_key', 'status' ) ) )
+                $field = 'user_' . $field;
 
-        if ( 'id' == $field )
-                $value = isset($authordata->ID) ? (int)$authordata->ID : 0;
-        elseif ( isset($authordata->$user_field) )
-                $value = $authordata->$user_field;
-        else
-                $value = isset($authordata->$field) ? $authordata->$field : '';
+        $value = isset( $authordata->$field ) ? $authordata->$field : '';
 
-        return apply_filters('get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id);
+        return apply_filters( 'get_the_author_' . $field, $value, $user_id );
 }
 
 /**