kimipooh

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The plugin prevents the security vulnerability regarding the author archive redirection.</p>
<p>Detailed Behavior<br />
1. It isn’t applied in the admin dashboard.<br />
2. If “author” query in URL (QUERY_STRING) exists, displays 404 error.<br />
3. If “/author/” in REQUEST_URI involves, redirects to the top page.<br />
4. Apply to the “redirect_canonical” hook, too.</p>


Disable Author Archive Redirection

The plugin disables the author archive redirection.

Meks

<p>Simple plugin which allows you to display author/user info inside WordPress widget. Smart feature of this plugin is user/author “auto detection” which means that it can optionally show author of current post on single post templates or on specific author archive.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Flexible display options</li>
<li>Auto detect post author on single post and author templates</li>
<li>Custom avatar size</li>
<li>Link avatar image to author archive (optional)</li>
<li>Link user display name to author archive (optional)</li>
<li>Replace widget title with user display name (optional)</li>
</ul>
<p>Smart Author Widget plugin is created by <a href="https://mekshq.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Meks</a></p>
<h3>Live example?</h3>
<p>You can see Smart Author Widget live example on our <a href="https://mekshq.com/demo/typology" rel="nofollow ugc">Typology theme demo website</a></p>


Meks Smart Author Widget

Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.

Disable Author Archive Redirection vs Meks Smart Author Widget