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Change Author Link Structure

Description

To prevent that usernames are publically visible, the username in the author’s permalink is replaced with the author’s ID.
In case the page is invoked with the default permalink structure, it is displayed Page not found”.

Additionally it is possible to modify the author base. It is recommended to make use of this plugin to change it, but it also works with other plugins that have the functionality to customize the author base.

Installation

  1. Upload change-author-link-structure.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Unzip change-author-link-structure.zip.
  3. Activate the plugin in the admin menu ‘Plugins’.

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Contributors & Developers

“Change Author Link Structure” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

0.1

  • First release

0.1.1

  • Readme Update

0.2

  • Bug Fix: Addition to ensure that in case the username is manually entered, it is displayed 404 page instead of the standard post page.

1.0

  • New Feature: Support for individual author base
  • Bug Fix: Rewrite rules for feed pages have been corrected
  • Enhancement: Several code improvements

1.0.1

  • Bug Fix: Additional check for type of rewrite_rules option