kimipooh

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.

Disable Author Archive Redirection

The plugin disables the author archive redirection.

Freemius

prasadkirpekar

Remove Meta,Author and Date in click. Install. Activate. And Done!
<h3>How to remove Author Meta and Date from posts and pages?</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install WP Meta and Date remover.</li>
<li>Activate Plugin.</li>
<li>Choose whether to hide from Backend(Page Source) or Frontend or Both</li>
<li>Save settings</li>
<li>And you done!</li>
</ol>
<h3>Two way removal</h3>
This plugin uses two methods to erase your meta
Removal using CSS file 
Plugin register custom CSS which hides any information contained by meda data class. 
CSS file provided with this plugin works great. You also can edit that n file in plugin editor. 
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Removal using php 
Plugin filters results of functions like get_date(),get_time() etc. 
In some cases CSS file doesn’t work, thats why there is removal using php code. 
Plugin removes Meta data from source code. Which means even search engines can’t see it.
Visual Remover 
This is part of Pro plugin. This lets you remove/hide content from your WordPress pages with 
simple visual editor Hassle free Meta and Date removal in minutes. 
Works on any theme, including custom theme
Custom removal using little coding [Deprecated] 
Plugin provide custom snippet of code that can be managed from settings. 
You can wrap any code in theme html arround custom function provided by plugin. 
You can control behavior of that function from plugin settings
Pro plugin features 
Custom Post Types 
Exclude categories 
Individual post control 
Remove date from only older posts best for SEO 
YoastSEO schema remove datePublished dateModified
Upcoming features 
We are planning to add way to create meta data for any type of post. 
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<h3>Contact me</h3>
<a href="mailto:prasadkirpekar96@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Reach me here</a>

WP Meta and Date Remover

Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.

Disable Author Archive Redirection vs WP Meta and Date Remover