Deprecated: WP_User_Query was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 5.9.0!

[sonjaysarker]

Deprecated: WP_User_Query was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 5.9.0! who is deprecated. Use capability instead. in public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5600

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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54926

[swissspidy]

Hi there and welcome to WordPress Trac!

This is related to the new capability queries in WordPress core, see ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/01/05/new-capability-queries-in-wordpress-5-9/

It means one of your plugins or themes is using the old/deprecated way.

You can try disabling plugins one by one to find the culprit, and then reach out to the developer to let them know about this.

If you need any help, please open a support topic in the support forums at wordpress.org/support instead.

Thank you.

Not clear to me what this PR does 🤔

But note that the Trac ticket was closed now. Please use the support forums instead.

[iandunn]

I'm also seeing this intermittently, and it looks like ​Gutenberg may still have several `who:author` queries. I haven't had time to dig in further, though.

[ocean90]

Replying to iandunn:

I'm also seeing this intermittently, and it looks like ​Gutenberg may still have several `who:author` queries. I haven't had time to dig in further, though.

This is now tracked in ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/39986.