From dec1c4d8f2af21e143efd66a497ef6e74cb2201e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Nacin <nacin@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:21:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set up author data for the author template immediately,
 rather than waiting for the first the_post() call.

This removes the need to call the_post() and rewind_posts() in an author template to print information about the author.

props obenland.
fixes #14408.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@25574 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-includes/class-wp.php | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index dc77688650..56a5561f13 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -441,27 +441,35 @@ class WP {
 	 * WordPress environment.
 	 *
 	 * @global string $query_string Query string for the loop.
+	 * @global array $posts The found posts.
+	 * @global WP_Post|null $post The current post, if available.
+	 * @global string $request The SQL statement for the request.
 	 * @global int $more Only set, if single page or post.
 	 * @global int $single If single page or post. Only set, if single page or post.
+	 * @global WP_User $authordata Only set, if author archive.
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.0.0
 	 */
 	function register_globals() {
 		global $wp_query;
+
 		// Extract updated query vars back into global namespace.
-		foreach ( (array) $wp_query->query_vars as $key => $value) {
-			$GLOBALS[$key] = $value;
+		foreach ( (array) $wp_query->query_vars as $key => $value ) {
+			$GLOBALS[ $key ] = $value;
 		}
 
 		$GLOBALS['query_string'] = $this->query_string;
 		$GLOBALS['posts'] = & $wp_query->posts;
-		$GLOBALS['post'] = (isset($wp_query->post)) ? $wp_query->post : null;
+		$GLOBALS['post'] = isset( $wp_query->post ) ? $wp_query->post : null;
 		$GLOBALS['request'] = $wp_query->request;
 
-		if ( is_single() || is_page() ) {
-			$GLOBALS['more'] = 1;
+		if ( $wp_query->is_single() || $wp_query->is_page() ) {
+			$GLOBALS['more']   = 1;
 			$GLOBALS['single'] = 1;
 		}
+
+		if ( $wp_query->is_author() && $wp_query->post )
+			$GLOBALS['authordata'] = get_userdata( $wp_query->post->post_author );
 	}
 
 	/**