Automattic · Nikschavan · Jun 30, 2026 · Jun 30, 2026 · Jun 30, 2026 · Jun 30, 2026
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+Authors widget: localize the untracked-authors label; center the chart empty state.
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	justify-content: center;
 	height: 100%;
 	width: 100%;
+	margin-inline: auto;
 	gap: var(--wpds-dimension-gap-lg);
 }
 

@@ -116,4 +116,13 @@ describe( 'buildTopAuthorsData', () => {
 		const bob = result.find( author => author.label === 'Bob' );
 		expect( bob ).toMatchObject( { previousValue: 0, delta: 100 } );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'localizes the untracked-authors sentinel produced by the sanitizer', () => {
+		const result = buildTopAuthorsData(
+			makeReport( [ { label: 'Untracked Authors', views: 5 } ] ),
+			undefined
+		);
+
+		expect( result[ 0 ].label ).toBe( 'Untracked authors' );
+	} );
 } );
@@ -8,17 +8,26 @@ import {
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import type { StatsNormalizedReport, StatsTopAuthorsItem } from '@jetpack-premium-analytics/data';
 
+// The Stats sanitizer substitutes this untranslated sentinel for authors with
+// no name (see `sanitizeStatsTopAuthorsResponse`), so match it here to surface a
+// localized label.
+const UNTRACKED_AUTHORS_SENTINEL = 'Untracked Authors';
+
 /**
- * Resolve a display label for an author, falling back to a translated
- * "Untracked authors" label when the API provides none.
+ * Resolve a display label for an author, translating the untracked-authors
+ * sentinel (and any empty label) into a localized string.
  *
  * @param author - The top-authors item.
  * @return The author's display label.
  */
 function getAuthorLabel( author: StatsTopAuthorsItem ) {
-	return typeof author.label === 'string' && author.label
-		? author.label
-		: __( 'Untracked authors', 'jetpack-premium-analytics' );
+	const label = typeof author.label === 'string' ? author.label : '';
+
+	if ( ! label || label === UNTRACKED_AUTHORS_SENTINEL ) {
+		return __( 'Untracked authors', 'jetpack-premium-analytics' );
+	}
+
+	return label;
 }
 
 /**

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 	useWidgetRootContext,
 	type LeaderboardChartData,
 	type LegendLabels,
+	type ReportParamsFieldAttributes,
 } from '@jetpack-premium-analytics/widgets-toolkit';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { postAuthor } from '@wordpress/icons';
@@ -19,16 +20,17 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { buildTopAuthorsData } from './build-top-authors-data';
+import type { AuthorsAttributes } from './widget';
 import type { WidgetRenderProps } from '@wordpress/widget-primitives';
 import type { ComponentProps } from 'react';
 
 const DEFAULT_MAX = 7;
 
-type AuthorsAttributes = NonNullable< ComponentProps< typeof WidgetRoot >[ 'attributes' ] > & {
-	max?: string | number;
-};
+// Report params are usually URL-driven (WidgetRoot's fallback), but callers may
+// also pass them via `attributes`. Compose the render-only shape to cover both.
+type AuthorsRenderAttributes = AuthorsAttributes & Partial< ReportParamsFieldAttributes >;
 
-type AuthorsRenderProps = WidgetRenderProps< AuthorsAttributes > & {
+type AuthorsRenderProps = WidgetRenderProps< AuthorsRenderAttributes > & {
 	setError?: ComponentProps< typeof WidgetRoot >[ 'setError' ];
 };
 
@@ -169,9 +171,11 @@ function AuthorsReport( { max }: { max: number } ) {
 /**
  * Authors widget render entry point.
  *
- * WidgetRoot provides the analytics query client, chart theme, and the report
- * params consumed by the inner leaderboard — resolved from the dashboard date
- * range via context, the same way the other Stats widgets read them.
+ * Passes host `attributes` into `WidgetRoot`, which resolves the report params:
+ * the dashboard leaves `reportParams` out of `attributes`, so it falls back to
+ * the date-range URL search params the picker writes to; Storybook injects
+ * `attributes.reportParams` directly. The widget's own `max` is forwarded to
+ * the inner component.
  *
  * @param props            - Render props.
  * @param props.attributes - Widget attributes.

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { postAuthor } from '@wordpress/icons';
 
+/**
+ * Configurable attributes for the Authors widget. Mirrors the `attributes`
+ * declared on the widget definition below; the host passes the selected values
+ * through to `render.tsx`.
+ */
+export type AuthorsAttributes = {
+	/**
+	 * Maximum number of authors to display.
+	 */
+	max?: number;
+};
+
 /**
  * Widget type definition.
  */
@@ -20,7 +32,7 @@ export default {
 	],
 	example: {
 		attributes: {
-			max: '7',
+			max: 7,
 		},
 	},
 };