Post author not showing author display name, but instead [1]

[aleone89]

Quick summary

The post author on an individual blog post is not displaying the author display name, but instead: "[1]"

Steps to reproduce

1. Visit site eg: https://aidenbentonmusic.com/2021/05/04/how-to-practice-effectively/
2. View post on homepage or click through to set posts page.
3. Click on a blog post.
4. Look at the meta data of the post (author, post, tags...etc.)

What you expected to happen

I expected to see the author name.

What actually happened

I didn't see the author name, instead just [1]

Impact

All

Available workarounds?

No but the platform is still usable

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Simple

Logs or notes

Reported here: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/post-author-not-displaying-properly/#post-3969893

Checked sites:

• https://aidenbentonmusic.com/
• https://elizabethtai.com/
• https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/
• https://roguethoughtsweblog.wordpress.com/

[karenroldan]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS

• Tested on Simple – Replicated
• Tested on Atomic – Could Not Replicate

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

• The issue can only be replicated in classic themes.

Tested on Simple - Twenty Nineteen

Tested on Simple - TT3

📌 ACTIONS

• Assigned to OTHER
• Added to ‘HE Cross-repo Watchlist’ project board

📌 Message to Author

• Thanks for reporting @aleone89!
• This was escalated in p1688697747543619-slack-CBTN58FTJ and p1688704504701029-slack-CB0B2G43X
• Footnotes: increase selector specificity for anchor WordPress/gutenberg#52179
• Footnote Block: Styles are applying to elements that happen to have the .fn class. WordPress/gutenberg#52136

[kingsleyinfo]

Reported here: 6510028-zd-woothemes and 6510001-zd-woothemes

[github-actions]

Support References

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• 6510028-zen
• 6510001-zen
• 6511381-zen
• 6510524-zen

[mgozdis]

Additional user reports:
6511381-zd-woothemes
6510524-zd-woothemes

[noahtallen]

This should be resolved now -- I viewed the sites mentioned in the issue, and Author names show up as expected in blog posts and comments.