"Post author name" block not visible on the frontend of a site, on Gutenberg 13.2.0 and higher

[arunsathiya]

Quick summary

"Post author name" block is not visible on the frontend of a site, on Gutenberg 13.2.0 and higher. I can see it fine on Gutenberg 13.1.0 and Gutenberg 13.0.0. Tested with various themes.

Steps to reproduce

• On a site with Gutenberg 13.2.0, add the Post author name block to a page.
• Optionally, mark that block to link out to the author archive.
• Publish the page.
• See that the block is not visible on the live page.

What you expected to happen

Author name to be visible.

What actually happened

Author name is not visible.

Context

User report.

Simple, Atomic or both?

Simple, Atomic

Theme-specific issue?

No.

Browser, operating system and other notes

All.

Reproducibility

Consistent

Severity

Most (> 50%)

Available workarounds?

No and the platform is unusable

Workaround details

No response

[arunsathiya]

• It's reported on core already: "Post author name" block not visible on the frontend of a site, on Gutenberg 13.2.0 and higher WordPress/gutenberg#41135
• Adding to cross-post watchlist.

[Greatdane]

Another user report: 5226399-zd-woothemes

[arunsathiya]

Some updates:

• Gutenberg 13.2.2 fixed this bug: "Post author name" block not visible on the frontend of a site, on Gutenberg 13.2.0 and higher WordPress/gutenberg#41135 (comment)
• Gutenberg 13.2.2 was pushed to WordPress.com sites (both simple sites and those with a plugin installed, AKA Atomic sites) at 1800 UTC on May 20, 2022: p1653069685523539-slack-CB0B2G43X

[arunsathiya]

Customer on 5226399-zen that's noted on this comment is informed already. ✅