Post Author Block: Inconsistent Front/Back End Avatar Markup and Classes

[justintadlock]

The <img> tag for the Post Author block avatar outputs the following on the front end:

<img alt="" src="#" class="avatar avatar-48 photo" height="48" width="48" loading="lazy">

In the editor, the HTML looks like:

<img width="48" src="#" alt="Justin Tadlock">

The editor should at least have the same .avatar class.

Also, the alt text should match. Is there a reason it's empty on the front end?

[aristath]

I think this block is about to get completely refactored and AFAIK the plan is to convert it to a wrapper with multiple inner blocks (I could be mistaken though). That's why it's also not going to be included n WP5.8, there's lots to be done here 👍