From 7b0d083b53f2e93cf0faf03c1c7649b0851f52aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris <ctang@zetaglobal.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:59:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add check to prevent md5 from running with no author name

---
 disqus/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/disqus/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php b/disqus/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php
index 01b4a53..aa1d433 100644
--- a/disqus/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php
+++ b/disqus/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php
@@ -786,7 +786,8 @@ private function comment_data_from_post( $post ) {
             if ( isset( $author['email'] ) ) {
                 $author_email = $author['email'];
             } elseif ( isset( $author['isAnonymous'] ) && $author['isAnonymous'] ) {
-                $author_email = 'anonymized-' . md5( $author['name'] ) . '@disqus.com';
+                $author_name = isset( $author['name'] ) && null !== $author['name'] ? $author['name'] : 'anonymous';
+                $author_email = 'anonymized-' . md5( $author_name ) . '@disqus.com';
             } elseif ( isset( $author['id'] ) ) {
                 $author_email = 'user-' . $author['id'] . '@disqus.com';
             }