Descripcion
The plugin Changes wordpress user slug for security reasons, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site.
By using « Simply Change Author URL » The WordPress default users(authors) Slug and URL addresses will be changed automatically.
By Default Author URL is: example.com/author/[username]/
after install this plugin URLs will be changed to: example.com/user/[user_id]/
This will protects the usernames from being easily accessible by cyber attackers.
This plugin also:
1. Removes wordpress api user endpoints. (they contain information about users)
1. Changes canonical links generated by yoast.
Installacion
INSTALL Simply Change Author URL FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS
- Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select
Add New; - Search for
'Simply Change Author URL'; - Activate
'Simply Change Author URL'from your Plugins page;
INSTALL Simply Change Author URL MANUALLY
- Upload the
'simply-change-author-url'folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory; - Activate the
'Simply Change Author URL'plugin through the'Plugins'menu in WordPress;
FAQ
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You can do this using a hook named
'simply_change_author_url_author_base'just return your desired Slug.
Remember to call<?php flush_rewrite_rules(); ?>, or manually flush rewrite rules by going to'Setting' => 'Permalinks'and'save'the settings.Example Code:
add_filter('simply_change_author_url_author_base', 'changeAuthorSlug'); function changeAuthorSlug(){ return 'example_slug'; }
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Contributors & Developers
“Simply Change Author URL” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.2
simply_change_author_url_author_basefilter works fine now.- username no longer prints in body classes.
1.1.1
- fixed a bug where some canonical urls might not get replaced.
1.1.0
- compatibility with yoast seo.
- remove wordpress json api user endpoints.
1.0.0
- Initial plugin release.