From 5b8b157a65b0864551c331764022d6f0b1ec4816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=B6ren=20W=C3=BCnsch?= <soeren.wrede@parshipgroup.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:51:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Code Quality: Remove redundant variable assignment in author
 template

---
 src/wp-includes/author-template.php | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/author-template.php b/src/wp-includes/author-template.php
index 45bdf47757cbe..4c715a62b51f1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/author-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/author-template.php
@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ function wp_list_authors( $args = '' ) {
 	 */
 	$query_args = apply_filters( 'wp_list_authors_args', $query_args, $parsed_args );
 
-	$authors     = get_users( $query_args );
-	$post_counts = array();
+	$authors = get_users( $query_args );
 
 	/**
 	 * Filters whether to short-circuit performing the query for author post counts.