From 9b1c2c04d54d42377c6ff692e45dead9ec9c4e60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armanul46 <47377178+Armanul46@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:47:50 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix select rule issue in all author page (#1823)

---
 includes/model/All_Authors.php | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/model/All_Authors.php b/includes/model/All_Authors.php
index adef82fd9b..f3129e2834 100644
--- a/includes/model/All_Authors.php
+++ b/includes/model/All_Authors.php
@@ -87,8 +87,17 @@ public function author_list( $type = '' ) {
 
 		$args['orderby'] 		 = 'display_name';
 
-		if( 'all' != $all_authors_select_role ) {
-			$args['role__in']	= array( $all_authors_select_role );
+		if ( 'author' == $all_authors_select_role ) {
+			$meta_query = array(
+				array(
+					'key'     => '_user_type',
+					'value'   => 'author',
+					'compare' => '='
+				)
+			);
+			$args['meta_query'] = $meta_query;
+		} elseif ( 'all' != $all_authors_select_role ) {
+			$args['role__in'] = array( $all_authors_select_role );
 		}
 
 		if( ! empty( $_REQUEST['alphabet'] ) && 'ALL' != $_REQUEST['alphabet'] ) {