[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities

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#16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of
assigned capabilities
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 Reporter:  10sexyapples                  |       Owner:  swissspidy
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Role/Capability               |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by swissspidy):

 @mcgoode

 > But this does not check the roles assigned and their capabilities. Which
 is where I am guessing the improvement needs to be made.

 We don't need to check the roles. The dropdown could just show all users
 with the `edit_posts` capability. Since the caps are stored in user meta,
 this should work.

 As mentioned before, I'll try to look into this as soon as possible.

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