[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27998: the_author_posts() returns an inaccurate value with the author has no published posts

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#27998: the_author_posts() returns an inaccurate value with the author has no
published posts
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 Reporter:  jbenton       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users         |    Version:  3.8.3
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 When the_author_posts() is run for a user who has zero published posts,
 the value returned is the total number of published posts on the entire WP
 install. First noticed when I saw someone with 0 posts listed as having
 4,181 — the total post count for the site. Confirmed on another install
 that had 30 total posts and returned 30 for a user with zero posts.

 Details, with confirmation from @nacin, here (see the thread) — apparently
 this was broken in 3.0:

 https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/459083084189929472

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