diff --git a/app/controllers/post.js b/app/controllers/post.js
index 1aef155..0e21148 100644
--- a/app/controllers/post.js
+++ b/app/controllers/post.js
@@ -397,8 +397,10 @@ class PostController extends SiteController {
     const { user: userService } = this.dtp.services;
     try {
       res.locals.pagination = this.getPaginationParameters(req, 20);
-      res.locals.authors = await userService.getAuthors(res.locals.pagination);
-
+      
+     const {authors , totalAuthorCount  }= await userService.getAuthors(res.locals.pagination);
+     res.locals.authors = authors;
+     res.locals.totalAuthorCount = totalAuthorCount;
       res.render('post/author/all');
     } catch (error) {
       return next(error);
diff --git a/app/services/user.js b/app/services/user.js
index bac7b36..6a2a583 100644
--- a/app/services/user.js
+++ b/app/services/user.js
@@ -536,7 +536,9 @@ class UserService extends SiteService {
       .limit(pagination.cpp)
       .populate(this.populateUser)
       .lean();
-    return authors;
+    const totalAuthorCount = await User.countDocuments( {'permissions.canAuthorPosts': true } );
+  
+    return {authors, totalAuthorCount};
   }
 
   async getUserProfile (userId) {
diff --git a/app/views/post/author/all.pug b/app/views/post/author/all.pug
index bf42039..15be7d8 100644
--- a/app/views/post/author/all.pug
+++ b/app/views/post/author/all.pug
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ block content
               li
                 +renderAuthorCredit(author)
             .uk-card-footer
-              +renderPaginationBar(`/post/authors`, authors.length )
\ No newline at end of file
+              +renderPaginationBar(`/post/authors`, totalAuthorCount )
\ No newline at end of file