[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2640: In WordPress plugin search results author name and URL do not respect meta data from plugin

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#2640: In WordPress plugin search results author name and URL do not respect meta
data from plugin
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 Reporter:  Shelob9           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Plugin Directory v3.0
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Changes (by Otto42):

 * priority:  highest omg bbq => high
 * component:  General => Plugin Directory
 * milestone:   => Plugin Directory v3.0


Comment:

 Can confirm, the API response from the new directory no longer matches the
 author information as the old API response did.

 Results of an info request from old API:
 {{{
 {"name":"Caldera Forms - Drag and drop responsive WordPress form
 builder","slug":"caldera-forms","version":"1.5.0.6","author":"<a
 href=\"http:\/\/CalderaLabs.org\">CalderaWP<\/a>","author_profile":"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shelob9","contributors":
 ...
 }}}

 New API:
 {{{
 {"name":"Caldera Forms – Drag and drop responsive WordPress form
 builder","slug":"caldera-forms","version":"1.5.0.6","author":"<a
 href=\"http:\/\/www.digilab.co.za\">David
 Cramer<\/a>","author_profile":"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desertsnowman","contributors":
 ...
 }}}

 Can also confirm that re-importing the plugin with import-plugin.php does
 not fix the issue.

 Underlying problem is that the post_author is being used for this data,
 but the old directory did not use that information. Instead it used the
 Author and Author URI fields from the plugin header.

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