[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40040: Run wpautop on author bio

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#40040: Run wpautop on author bio
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 Reporter:  henry.wright            |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                 |     Version:  4.7.2
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by henry.wright):

 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch dev-feedback
 * focuses:  template =>
 * version:  4.7 => 4.7.2


Comment:

 Using {{{the_archive_description()}}} in archive.php will output:

  - a term description if the current page is example.com/category/slug (or
 example.com/tag/slug for example)
  - an author's bio if the current page is example.com/author/username

 Support for author bio was added in 4.7.0.

 The reason for this ticket is the output of
 {{{the_archive_description()}}} is now inconsistent.

 The term description is run through 4 functions:

  - `wptexturize`
  - `convert_chars`
  - `wpautop`
  - `shortcode_unautop`

 However, the author bio isn't run through these.

 This results in the front end source code looking like this:

 In example.com/category/slug:

 `<p>This is a term description & convert_chars and wpautop have run
 on it</p>`

 In example.com/author/username:

 `This is an author bio & convert_chars and wpautop have not run on it`

 40040.diff will make the category, tag and author archive output of
 {{{the_author_description()}}} consistent.

 Running {{{the_author_description()}}} through one of the 4 functions
 manually didn't change the output so if end-users are doing this nothing
 will change for them after the introduction of this patch.

  - `wptexturize( the_author_description() )`
  - `convert_chars( the_author_description() )`
  - `wpautop( the_author_description() )`
  - `shortcode_unautop( the_author_description() )`

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40040#comment:5>
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