Index: wp-includes/author-template.php =================================================================== --- wp-includes/author-template.php (revision 26747) +++ wp-includes/author-template.php (working copy) @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ */ function get_the_author_link() { if ( get_the_author_meta('url') ) { - return '' . get_the_author() . ''; + return '' . get_the_author() . ''; } else { return get_the_author(); } @@ -236,9 +236,8 @@ if ( !is_object( $authordata ) ) return false; $link = sprintf( - '%3$s', + '%2$s', esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ), - esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), get_the_author() ) ), get_the_author() ); @@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ $return .= '