Fumiki Takahashi

TAROSKY INC.

Kunoichi INC

This plugin will hide author’s archive. 
If your don’t need author parameter, this plugin may enhance your site’s security from bot inspection.
<ol>
<li>No more <code>?author=1</code> redirection to <code>/author/admin</code></li>
<li>Ignore query var like <code>author=1</code> or <code>author_name=admin</code></li>
<li>Hide user list in REST API from user without permission <code>list_users</code> or <code>edit_others_posts</code>. This capability is filterable.</li>
</ol>
<pre>
/**
 * Filter capabilities to see author list.
 *
 * @param string[] $caps List of capabilities.
 */
add_filter( 'hide_author_archive_rest_query_capability', function( $caps ) {
 $caps[] = 'read';
 return $caps;
} );
</pre>
Besides that, this plugin tries to remove author information from meta tags and JSON-LD as possible as it can.
<ul>
<li>Override author section in oEmbed.</li>
</ul>
Some organization needs to hide author information of each article.
<h4>Supported Plugins</h4>
Yoast
<ol>
<li>Remove <code>meta=author</code></li>
<li>Override author section in Article scheme in JSON-LD</li>
<li>Hide author section in Slack sharing.</li>
<li>Hide <code>article:author</code> in OGP.</li>
</ol>

Hide Author Archive

Sergio

Removes category base from your category permalinks (optional). By default is enabled. 
Removes parents categories from your category permalinks (optional). 
Removes tag base from your tag permalinks (optional).
The three options above are optional and generate their own rewrite rules.
Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite.
Read the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-no-base-permalink/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a> before use.

WP No Base Permalink

It solves the main issue with category permalinks. Simple and effective.

Does the job!

Removes category base or parents categories or tag base from your permalinks. Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite.

Hide Author Archive vs WP No Base Permalink