Private posts not visible

[perldude]

Private posts are not visible for me. They don't show up when I'm logged in.

[rsaldinger]

I see the same problem. Based on some old threads in the support forums, it seems that $user_ID isn't set at the time that this check happens in WP_Query::get_posts():

if (isset($user_ID) && ( != intval($user_ID)))

Consistent with that, I was able to get it work by adding a call to get_currentuserinfo() just prior to this check, but I have no idea if this is the "right" (or safe!) fix.

[anonymousbugger]

I believe this is a bug in WP, but hasn't been addressed or fixed. Adding a call to get_currentuserinfo(); is the correct way to fix it.

[ryan]

​http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2523