get_author_link does not work without $author_nicename defined

[scotty]

There appears to be a typo in get_author_link() function in template-functions-author.php, when it tries to get author's 'nicename' from user cache. Here's the patch (against revision 2621)

Index: wp-includes/template-functions-author.php
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--- wp-includes/template-functions-author.php   (revision 2621)
+++ wp-includes/template-functions-author.php   (working copy)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         $file = get_settings('home') . '/';
         $link = $file . '?author=' . $auth_ID;
     } else {
-        if ('' == $author_nicename) $author_nicename = $cache_userdata[$author_id]->author_nicename;
+        if ('' == $author_nicename) $author_nicename = $cache_userdata[$author_id]->user_nicename;
                                $link = str_replace('%author%', $author_nicename, $link);
                                $link = get_settings('home') . trailingslashit($link);
     }

[matt]

(In [2626]) Fix for get_author_link, fixes #1430

[(none)]

Milestone 2.0 deleted