[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2710: Forums: "Plugin Contributor" badge is displayed instead of "Plugin Author"

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#2710: Forums: "Plugin Contributor" badge is displayed instead of "Plugin Author"
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by coffee2code):

 Replying to [comment:9 SergeyBiryukov]:
 >Seeing some more reports on Slack of plugin authors and contributors no
 longer being recognized as such and not being able to resolve topics:
 > https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB8GMM/p1491923589415860
 > https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1491929341352940
 > https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1491948136951086

 The last of these appear to be that the user doesn't have commit access to
 the plugin and wasn't listed as a contributor in the readme.

 Replying to [comment:11 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > > Previously, `$this->plugin` didn't have an `ID` field, so it might be
 possible that `$this->plugin->ID` in `::get_authors()` and
 `::get_contributors()` is empty for plugins that still have previous
 values in cache.
 >
 > That in turn would lead to an empty array being cached for the affected
 plugins in `plugin-authors-slugs` and `plugin-contributors-slugs` cache
 groups, so I guess clearing just `plugin-objects` won't be enough.

 This is all true, though should only have been an issue for the 24 hours
 after the committed changes in [5286]. The caches for the group `plugin-
 objects` are set to expire after 24 hours. The caches for `plugin-authors-
 slugs` and `plugin-contributors-slugs` after only one hour.

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