Refreshing meta box nonce after re-authenticating following a wp_auth…

…_check()

co-authors-plus.php

@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ function __construct() {
 		add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', array( $this, 'add_coauthors_box' ) );
 		add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', array( $this, 'remove_authors_box' ) );
 
+		// Refresh the nonce after the user re-authenticates due to a wp_auth_check() to avoid failing check_admin_referrer()
+		add_action( 'wp_refresh_nonces', array( $this, 'refresh_coauthors_nonce' ), 20, 1 );
+
 		// Removes the co-author dropdown from the post quick edit
 		add_action( 'admin_head', array( $this, 'remove_quick_edit_authors_box' ) );
 
@@ -414,6 +417,15 @@ public function coauthors_meta_box( $post ) {
 		<?php
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Filters the Heartbeat response to refresh the coauthors-nonce
+	 */
+	public function refresh_coauthors_nonce( $response ) {
+		$response['wp-refresh-post-nonces']['replace']['coauthors-nonce']  = wp_create_nonce( 'coauthors-edit' );
+
+		return $response;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Removes the default 'author' dropdown from quick edit
 	 */