$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('year', $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_author() && !empty($_GET['author']) && preg_match( '|^[0-9]+$|', $_GET['author'] ) ) {
$author = get_userdata(get_query_var('author'));
- if ( false !== $author && $redirect_url = get_author_posts_url($author->ID, $author->user_nicename) )
- $redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('author', $redirect['query']);
+ if ( ( false !== $author ) && $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_author = %d AND $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' LIMIT 1", $author->ID ) ) ) {
+ if ( $redirect_url = get_author_posts_url($author->ID, $author->user_nicename) )
+ $redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('author', $redirect['query']);
+ }
} elseif ( is_category() || is_tag() || is_tax() ) { // Terms (Tags/categories)
$term_count = 0;