[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39844: Don't return anchor tag if link is empty in get_the_author_posts_link()

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#39844: Don't return anchor tag if link is empty in get_the_author_posts_link()
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 Reporter:  SirkoSchindler  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes          |    Version:  4.7.2
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  template        |
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 If get_author_posts_url() returns an empty value, currently
 get_the_author_posts_link() creates an anchor tag with am empty target. If
 shown on the page this results in a link to the current page, which is not
 what is expected from an author link.

 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.7.2/src/wp-includes/author-
 template.php#L252

 The attached patch changes this, so that if no link is given, just the
 author name is returned with no anchor tag surrounding.
 This is in line with the respective code for get_comment_author_link()

 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.7.2/src/wp-includes
 /comment-template.php#L216

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