From dec5c61928d3e3811b8eb5162368c9086e8ea9a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Kovshenin <kovshenin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:49:27 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] No need for the_post and rewind_posts in author archives.

We can get all the information we need about the author by using get_queried_object within is_author.
---
 archive.php | 13 +++----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
index dc79c492..03bbd8c9 100644
--- a/archive.php
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -25,16 +25,9 @@ get_header(); ?>
 								printf( __( 'Tag Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span>' . single_tag_title( '', false ) . '</span>' );
 
 							} elseif ( is_author() ) {
-								/* Queue the first post, that way we know
-								 * what author we're dealing with (if that is the case).
-								*/
-								the_post();
-								printf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( "ID" ) ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( get_the_author() ) . '" rel="me">' . get_the_author() . '</a></span>' );
-								/* Since we called the_post() above, we need to
-								 * rewind the loop back to the beginning that way
-								 * we can run the loop properly, in full.
-								 */
-								rewind_posts();
+								// Get the queried author data.
+								$author = get_queried_object()->data;
+								printf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( $author->ID ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $author->display_name ) . '" rel="me">' . esc_html( $author->display_name ) . '</a></span>' );
 
 							} elseif ( is_day() ) {
 								printf( __( 'Daily Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span>' . get_the_date() . '</span>' );

From 103ae2cdf6150e2d6f660eb101ff968666e40a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Kovshenin <kovshenin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:56:36 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Correct use of get_queried_object() for author archives.

The ->data object (used previously) stores the author data, but the WP_User class has the __get magic method that grants access to that data, so using get_queried_object() without ->data is correct, and compatible with 3.2, which does not use magic methods. Also url-escapes get_author_posts_url.
---
 archive.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
index 03bbd8c9..c9e57b13 100644
--- a/archive.php
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ get_header(); ?>
 
 							} elseif ( is_author() ) {
 								// Get the queried author data.
-								$author = get_queried_object()->data;
-								printf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . get_author_posts_url( $author->ID ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $author->display_name ) . '" rel="me">' . esc_html( $author->display_name ) . '</a></span>' );
+								$author = get_queried_object();
+								printf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $author->ID ) ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $author->display_name ) . '" rel="me">' . esc_html( $author->display_name ) . '</a></span>' );
 
 							} elseif ( is_day() ) {
 								printf( __( 'Daily Archives: %s', '_s' ), '<span>' . get_the_date() . '</span>' );