Title: Disable Author Pages Author: Frank Neumann-Staude Published: June 27, 2013 Last modified: March 2, 2017 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/disable-author-pages.svg) # Disable Author Pages By [Frank Neumann-Staude](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fstaude/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-author-pages.0.11.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/) ## Description Disable the author pages ( /author=? ) in wordpress and redirect the user to another page. ## Installation 1. Install the plugin from within the Dashboard or upload the directory `disable-author- pages` and all its contents to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Configure it under settings/disable author pages ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Install the plugin from within the Dashboard or upload the directory `disable-author- pages` and all its contents to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Configure it under settings/disable author pages I have a new translation Translations are handled via https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ disable-author-pages I found a bug Please report it at https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/issues I have a feature request Please report it at https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/issues ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a5dc663d916cccd816f2f3131002a712af629a8cb1d49d49a8ce7061dd3e09ef? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Disable select authors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-select-authors/)󠁿 [jh20001](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jh20001/) November 20, 2017 How can you disable certain authors vs all or groups. For example, there is only one author I’d like to disable a page to, or redirect it to a custom page. All other authors I’d like to keep as normal. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c3fa062246fc253f8fe21da38959069a0c87de019b0e8414bdc9d04d4fbded9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to install ! Great !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-install-great/)󠁿 [mescalytequila](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mescalytequila/) August 17, 2017 Perfect plugin ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87758431cc8afd1a22e86d13504b03fe6b742486c62449175b8d30483ed245f9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working Perfect !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-perfect-17/)󠁿 [deanMKD](https://profiles.wordpress.org/deanmkd/) July 2, 2017 Working great. Nothing more to say ! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef4226d8aab7f4b0c69825e6ee6b6bd639b268f17829b7fbd44900a8fa73f074? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-1244/)󠁿 [paddotk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paddotk/) April 10, 2017 It does what it’s supposed to do. However, there are two features that I think would make this much better: – Have a robots.txt addition option that prevents search engines from crawling these links – Make it possible to redirect to the 404 or 403 page. Currently we can only choose ‘regular’ pages, and have to choose between 301 or 307 protocol (I’m not even sure what for). ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2bb36610cfdb836bbc7ad83c000c82b1f7eb7d87b84096447183df8c09ffa8e1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-job-436/)󠁿 [hasanzoeiry](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hasanzoeiry/) February 7, 2017 it worked good thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26c2352d3fba94a35812f64105aadce5c6dbb14bd03b6c3a6da03eda714cfa44? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-11902/)󠁿 [Alex R.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamfish/) January 24, 2017 Thanks for this great plugin! [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Author Pages” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Frank Neumann-Staude ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fstaude/) “Disable Author Pages” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-pages/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Disable Author Pages” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-pages) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-author-pages/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-author-pages/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-author-pages/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-author-pages/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.11 * version tagging sync github / wordpress.org svn. Thanks to swissspidy * fix: notice plugin_settings_link not static. Thanks to swissspidy #### 0.10 * DB clean up on uninstall * added settings list on pluginlist #### 0.9 * fix: redirect to pages. Thanks to Georg * changed text domain for translations via translate.wordpress.org * added github updater metadata #### 0.8 * Updated German Translation, Urls and Description. Thanks to krafit * Minor spelling correction. Thanks to tristanpenman #### 0.7 * Make it work if WordPress installed in a subdirectory https://github.com/staude/ disable-author-pages/pull/1 Thanks to smeric * Moved sourcecode to GitHub: https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages * Moved Issuetracker to GitHub: https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/ issues #### 0.6 Fix: When I choose redirect to “Profile” page and save, the dialogue reverts back to Homepage. ( Thanks to Tradedog ) #### 0.5 Fix: Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in wp-includes/post-template.php on line 29 (from user BackuPs – Thanks) #### 0.4 * Added feature disable only admin author page (from user BackuPs – Thanks) * Added feature redirect non exists autor page (instead of default 404) ( Request from Matt Jensen – Thanks) #### 0.3 Disable some php notices if WP Debug active #### 0.2 * Added settings to Options > Author Pages * 0000027: Overwrite the author_link (optional). * 0000029: status of redirect * 0000028: Select destination for redirect #### 0.1 First version. ## Meta * Version **0.11** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.7.33** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-pages) * Tags * [page](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/)[post](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) [shortcode](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[sidebar](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/) [widgets](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-author-pages/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 16 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-author-pages/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Frank Neumann-Staude ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fstaude/) ## Support Got something to say? 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