[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42202: REST API: no equivalent for `who=authors` to display potential authors

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#42202: REST API: no equivalent for `who=authors` to display potential authors
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 Reporter:  iseulde                              |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.9.6
Component:  Users                                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests commit      |     Focuses:  rest-api
  fixed-major                                    |
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 In [changeset:"43067" 43067]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="" revision="43067"
 REST API: Add `who=authors` as a query parameter for `GET wp/v2/users`.

 Any WordPress user who can `edit_posts` of a post type with
 `show_in_rest=true` can query for authors. This maps to current WordPress
 behavior where a WordPress user who can view the Manage Posts view for a
 post type can see any WordPress user assigned to a post (whether published
 or draft).

 This implementation, over restricting `who=authors` to users with
 `list_users`, gives us future flexibility in displaying lists of posts. It
 still respects more restrictive permissions for `context=edit`.

 Props danielbachhuber.
 Merges [43001] to the 4.9 branch.
 Fixes #42202.
 }}}

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