Ticket #2828: 2828.diff

src/includes/core/template-functions.php

@@ -511 +511 @@
                 // Setup the default user variable
                 $the_user = false;
 
-                // If using pretty permalinks, use the email or slug
+                // If using pretty permalinks, use the slug
                 if ( get_option( 'permalink_structure' ) ) {
-
-                        // Email was passed
-                        if ( is_email( $bbp_user ) ) {
-                                $the_user = get_user_by( 'email', $bbp_user );
-
-                        // Try nicename
-                        } else {
-                                $the_user = get_user_by( 'slug', $bbp_user );
-                        }
+                        $the_user = get_user_by( 'slug', $bbp_user );
                 }
 
                 // No user found by slug/email, so try the ID if it's numeric
-                if ( empty( $the_user ) && is_numeric( $bbp_user ) ) {
+                elseif ( is_numeric( $bbp_user ) ) {
                         $the_user = get_user_by( 'id', $bbp_user );
                 }