[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44848: Ensure that empty author profiles have proper 404 behaviour

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#44848: Ensure that empty author profiles have proper 404 behaviour
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Query           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion     |     Focuses:  template
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * keywords:   => 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 Bear in mind that some plugins/sites/themes use the author archive URL as
 a user profile page. It can be desirable for an author archive to not show
 a 404 even if there are no posts.

 This could be the case for empty term and post type archives too, although
 much much less common.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44848#comment:3>
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