User Queries: update parameters to take into account changes in WP 5.9 (

#22559) Co-authored-by: Samiff <samiff@users.noreply.github.com>
Automattic · Feb 3, 2022 · fdecb31 · fdecb31
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diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-widget-visibility-deprecation b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-widget-visibility-deprecation
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: bugfix
+
+Widget Visibility: update to match new user query parameter introduced in WordPress 5.9.
diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-list-users-endpoint.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-list-users-endpoint.php
@@ -113,15 +113,21 @@ function callback( $path = '', $blog_id = 0 ) {
 		}
 
 		$query = array(
-			'number'    => $args['number'],
-			'offset'    => $args['offset'],
-			'order'     => $args['order'],
-			'orderby'   => $args['order_by'],
-			'fields'    => 'ID',
+			'number'  => $args['number'],
+			'offset'  => $args['offset'],
+			'order'   => $args['order'],
+			'orderby' => $args['order_by'],
+			'fields'  => 'ID',
 		);
 
 		if ( $authors_only ) {
-			$query['who'] = 'authors';
+			$query['capability'] = array( 'edit_posts' );
+			// To-do: remove this once Jetpack requires WordPress 5.9.
+			global $wp_version;
+			if ( version_compare( $wp_version, '5.9-alpha', '<' ) ) {
+				$query['who'] = 'authors';
+				unset( $query['capability'] );
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ( ! empty( $args['search'] ) ) {

diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/widget-visibility/widget-conditions.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/widget-visibility/widget-conditions.php
@@ -230,15 +230,24 @@ public static function widget_admin_setup() {
 		$widget_conditions_data['author']   = array();
 		$widget_conditions_data['author'][] = array( '', __( 'All author pages', 'jetpack' ) );
 
-		// Only users with publish caps.
-		$authors = get_users(
-			array(
-				'orderby' => 'name',
-				'who'     => 'authors',
-				'fields'  => array( 'ID', 'display_name' ),
-			)
+		/*
+		 * Query for users with publish caps.
+		 */
+		$authors_args = array(
+			'orderby'    => 'name',
+			'capability' => array( 'edit_posts' ),
+			'fields'     => array( 'ID', 'display_name' ),
 		);
 
+		// To-do: remove this once Jetpack requires WordPress 5.9.
+		global $wp_version;
+		if ( version_compare( $wp_version, '5.9-alpha', '<' ) ) {
+			$authors_args['who'] = 'authors';
+			unset( $authors_args['capability'] );
+		}
+
+		$authors = get_users( $authors_args );
+
 		foreach ( $authors as $author ) {
 			$widget_conditions_data['author'][] = array( (string) $author->ID, $author->display_name );
 		}

diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/widgets/authors.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/widgets/authors.php
@@ -106,11 +106,18 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		$get_author_params = apply_filters(
 			'jetpack_widget_authors_params',
 			array(
-				'who'     => 'authors',
-				'exclude' => (array) $excluded_authors,
+				'capability' => array( 'edit_posts' ),
+				'exclude'    => (array) $excluded_authors,
 			)
 		);
 
+		// To-do: remove this once Jetpack requires WordPress 5.9.
+		global $wp_version;
+		if ( version_compare( $wp_version, '5.9-alpha', '<' ) ) {
+			$get_author_params['who'] = 'authors';
+			unset( $get_author_params['capability'] );
+		}
+
 		$authors = get_users( $get_author_params );
 
 		echo $args['before_widget'];