Title: Disable Author Archive Redirection
Author: kimipooh
Published: <strong>March 11, 2020</strong>
Last modified: May 17, 2026

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# Disable Author Archive Redirection

 By [kimipooh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kimipooh/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-author-archive-redirection.2.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-archive-redirection/)

## Description

WordPress redirects /?author=(number) to /author/(userID) if the author id exists.
This is the security vulnerability because an internet user might be able to know
all User ID and the user name in a website using WordPress.

If you can control the configuration of a web server, you had better use the rewrite
rule (Search as “Block Author URLs”) for reducing the system load of WordPress.

The plugin prevents the security vulnerability regarding the author archive redirection.

Detailed Behavior
 1. It isn’t applied in the admin dashboard. 2. If “author” query
in URL (QUERY_STRING) exists, displays 404 error. 3. If “/author/” in REQUEST_URI
involves, redirects to the top page. 4. Apply to the “redirect_canonical” hook, 
too.

## Installation

The operation is the simple.
 Please install this plugin and activate it.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Disable Author Archive Redirection” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ kimipooh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kimipooh/)

“Disable Author Archive Redirection” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you
to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Disable Author Archive Redirection” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-author-archive-redirection/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-author-archive-redirection/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-author-archive-redirection/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-author-archive-redirection/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2.0

 * Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
 * Fixed WordPress.org Plugin Check errors and warnings.
 * Improved security checks for direct file access, nonce validation, and user capabilities.
 * Improved sanitization and escaping for admin and network admin settings screens.
 * Updated settings menu slugs to use stable plugin identifiers.
 * Added plugin-specific prefixes to internal globals and helper functions.
 * Removed manual translation loading for WordPress.org translation compatibility.

#### 2.1.2

 * Tested up to WordPress 6.7.2.

#### 2.1.1

 * Fixed a problem that the “include” folder had not been uploaded. If your site
   is not working due to the plugin, please remove the plugin via FTP and reinstall
   it again.
 * Tested up 6.5.2 with PHP 8.3.6

#### 2.1

 * Fixed the problem with a warning message when using WP-CLI.

#### 2.0

 * Supported the multisite.
 * Added the setting menu.
 * Tested up 5.6 with PHP 7.4
 * Tested up 5.8
 * Tested up 6.0

#### 1.0

 * First Released.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.0**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 8.0 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/)
   and [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[security](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-archive-redirection/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ kimipooh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kimipooh/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-archive-redirection/)