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diff --git a/‎templates/website/src/collections/Posts/hooks/populateAuthors.ts
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion b/‎templates/website/src/collections/Posts/hooks/populateAuthors.ts
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export const populateAuthors: CollectionAfterReadHook = async ({ doc, req, req:
         req,
       })
 
-      authorDocs.push(authorDoc)
+      if (authorDoc) {
+        authorDocs.push(authorDoc)
+      }
     }
 
     doc.populatedAuthors = authorDocs.map((authorDoc) => ({
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`@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export const populateAuthors: CollectionAfterReadHook = async ({ doc, req, req:`
`17`	`17`	`req,`
`18`	`18`	`})`
`19`	`19`
`20`		`- authorDocs.push(authorDoc)`
	`20`	`+ if (authorDoc) {`
	`21`	`+ authorDocs.push(authorDoc)`
	`22`	`+ }`
`21`	`23`	`}`
`22`	`24`
`23`	`25`	`doc.populatedAuthors = authorDocs.map((authorDoc) => ({`