containers / containers/podman.io

[Bug]: Author name on blog cards doesn't redirect to the author page

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Description

### Consisely describe the issue

On the home page and features page, clicking an author's name on a blog card doesn't go to the author's profile, it just lands on https://blog.podman.io/author/ with no slug, which is a broken/generic URL.

The problem is in the WordPress REST API query. The **_fields** parameter doesn't include author, and it turns out the **author_info** field depends on author being present in the request to correctly build the author URL slug.

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Research direction

Inspect the WordPress REST API query used to populate blog cards on the home and features pages, focusing on its _fields parameter and the author_info field. Include the author data needed to build the slug, then verify that clicking an author name reaches the corresponding author profile rather than /author/.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, wordpress
Domain
api, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
75/100

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