function wp_list_authors( $args = '' ) {
  global $wpdb;

  $defaults = array(
    'orderby'       => 'name',
    'order'         => 'ASC',
    'number'        => '',
    'optioncount'   => false,
    'exclude_admin' => true,
    'show_fullname' => false,
    'hide_empty'    => true,
    'feed'          => '',
    'feed_image'    => '',
    'feed_type'     => '',
    'echo'          => true,
    'style'         => 'list',
    'html'          => true,
    'exclude'       => '',
    'include'       => '',
  );

  $parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

  $return = '';

  $query_args           = wp_array_slice_assoc( $parsed_args, array( 'orderby', 'order', 'number', 'exclude', 'include' ) );
  $query_args['fields'] = 'ids';

  
/**
 * Filters the query arguments for the list of all authors of the site.
 *
 * @since 6.1.0
 *
 * @param array $query_args  The query arguments for get_users().
 * @param array $parsed_args The arguments passed to wp_list_authors() combined with the defaults.
 */
  $query_args = apply_filters( 'wp_list_authors_args', $query_args, $parsed_args );

  $authors     = get_users( $query_args );
  $post_counts = array();

  
/**
 * Filters whether to short-circuit performing the query for author post counts.
 *
 * @since 6.1.0
 *
 * @param int[]|false $post_counts Array of post counts, keyed by author ID.
 * @param array       $parsed_args The arguments passed to wp_list_authors() combined with the defaults.
 */
  $post_counts = apply_filters( 'pre_wp_list_authors_post_counts_query', false, $parsed_args );

  if ( ! is_array( $post_counts ) ) {
    $post_counts       = array();
    $post_counts_query = $wpdb->get_results(
      "SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count
			FROM $wpdb->posts
			WHERE " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . '
			GROUP BY post_author'
    );

    foreach ( (array) $post_counts_query as $row ) {
      $post_counts[ $row->post_author ] = $row->count;
    }
  }

  foreach ( $authors as $author_id ) {
    $posts = isset( $post_counts[ $author_id ] ) ? $post_counts[ $author_id ] : 0;

    if ( ! $posts && $parsed_args['hide_empty'] ) {
      continue;
    }

    $author = get_userdata( $author_id );

    if ( $parsed_args['exclude_admin'] && 'admin' === $author->display_name ) {
      continue;
    }

    if ( $parsed_args['show_fullname'] && $author->first_name && $author->last_name ) {
      $name = sprintf(
        /* translators: 1: User's first name, 2: Last name. */
        _x( '%1$s %2$s', 'Display name based on first name and last name' ),
        $author->first_name,
        $author->last_name
      );
    } else {
      $name = $author->display_name;
    }

    if ( ! $parsed_args['html'] ) {
      $return .= $name . ', ';

      continue; // No need to go further to process HTML.
    }

    if ( 'list' === $parsed_args['style'] ) {
      $return .= '<li>';
    }