Hide Author Archive

Contributors: kuno1, Takahashi_Fumiki, tarosky
Tags: permalink, author, archive, url
Requires at least: 5.9
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 6.7
Stable tag: %nightly%
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Hide author archive URL of WordPress.

Description

This plugin will hide author's archive. If your don't need author parameter, this plugin may enhance your site's security from bot inspection.

1. No more ?author=1 redirection to /author/admin
2. Ignore query var like author=1 or author_name=admin
3. Hide user list in REST API from user without permission list_users or edit_others_posts. This capability is filterable.

/**
 * Filter capabilities to see author list.
 *
 * @param string[] $caps List of capabilities.
 */
add_filter( 'hide_author_archive_rest_query_capability', function( $caps ) {
	$caps[] = 'read';
	return $caps;
} );

Besides that, this plugin tries to remove author information from meta tags and JSON-LD as possible as it can.

• Override author section in oEmbed.

Some organization needs to hide author information of each article.

Supported Plugins

Yoast

1. Remove meta=author
2. Override author section in Article scheme in JSON-LD
3. Hide author section in Slack sharing.
4. Hide article:author in OGP.

Installation

Search "hide author archives" in admin screen. Altenatively, you can install it manually like below:

1. Upload hide-author-archive folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

There is still author name exposed!

Our fundamental goal is covering Core features. But feel free to let us know and request new features.

How To Contribute

We host plugin on github and any issues and pull requests are welcomed!

Changelog

1.2.1

• Add some more filters for Yoast and oEmbed(Core).

1.2.0

• Add override function for Yoast.

1.1.5

• Hide single REST API for single user get wp/v2/users/1.
• Editor can see REST API users get to change author of posts.

1.1.1

• Support REST API.
• Fix coding standards.

1.0.0

• First release