The function below I do not believe is used anywhere. Would you confirm this? If so, I will remove it.
if (! function_exists('reconasia_authors_list_extended')) :
/**
* Prints HTML with short author list.
*/
function reconasia_authors_list_extended()
{
global $post;
if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() ) {
return;
}
if (function_exists('coauthors_posts_links')) {
$authors = '<h2 class="section__heading">Authors</h2>' ...............
-Redirects author to authors archive