From 6e7866a432ce6366bc25421176b99d11507c35e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ojopaul <ojopaul.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:44:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] - Authors Profile not being created when "Enable Guest
 Author" is disabled #1584

---
 src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php b/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php
index d35348f4..641230f7 100644
--- a/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php
+++ b/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php
@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@ public static function admin_notices()
      */
     public static function filter_pre_insert_term($term, $taxonomy)
     {
-        if ($taxonomy === 'author' && !empty($_POST)) {
+        if ($taxonomy === 'author' && !empty($_POST['action']) && $_POST['action'] === 'add-tag') {
+
             $legacyPlugin = Factory::getLegacyPlugin();
             $author_id = (int)$_POST['authors-new'];
             $enable_guest_author_user = $legacyPlugin->modules->multiple_authors->options->enable_guest_author_user === 'yes';