Title: Bug: author missing from list
Last modified: May 20, 2020

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# Bug: author missing from list

 *  [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/)
 * (@elijahschow)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-author-missing-from-list/)
 * **Context:** we include a list of author metadata in the HTML head of our articles.
   Unfortunately, under certain circumstances, some authors are not being included
   in the list.
 * **Steps to reproduce**
    1. Create a user account with the role of administrator. The bug won’t happen if
       the user is an author.
    2. Create a guest account with the same name and email.
    3. Create a post with multiple authors, including the account you created in steps
       1 and 2.
    4.  Try to get the co-author terms for the post you created:
        `global $post_ID,
       $coauthors_plus;` `get_the_terms( $post_ID, $coauthors_plus->coauthor_taxonomy);`
 * **Expected**
    The user you created is included in the list of authors.
 * **Actual**
    The user is not included in the list of authors. Change the user’s
   role to ‘author’, or deleting their wordpress account, or removing the guest 
   entry will prevent this bug from happening, but if all three factors are present,
   the bug will occur.
 * **Note:** we’re currently using version 3.4.2 of Co-Authors Plus, but updating
   to the latest version did not solve the issue.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [elijahschow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elijahschow/).
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 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-author-missing-from-list/)
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