freemp

A simple, lightweight WordPress plugin to completely disable author archives/pages (regardless of whether the corresponding author really exists) and make the web server return status code 404 (‘Not Found’) instead. Related links will also be either disabled or completely removed.
The plugin does not require any configuration. Once activated, it will start doing its job.

Disable Author Archives

Works!

Disable Author Archives completely removes author archives and makes the web server return status code 404 ('Not Found') instead.

chrisguitarguy

Advanced Posts per Page gives you fined grained control over how many of your posts appear on each of your various WordPress archive pages.
<pre><code>Blog pages show at most x posts is not the only per page setting anymore.
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Advanced Posts/Page

Fine grained control of how many of your posts appear on each of the various WordPress archive pages.

Disable Author Archives vs Advanced Posts/Page