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Plugin info

Total downloads: 70,516
Active installs: 10,000
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.4
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 8 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/3/2025 (29 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/7/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.9
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 29 days ago • 7 reviews

70/100

Is Disable Author Archives abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 29 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.9
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

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Developers

freemp (Owner)4

Languages

Spanish (Spain)32,360Dutch30,206German19,853Dutch (Formal)11,736Dutch (Belgium)10,363German (Formal)9,953Spanish (Chile)8,024

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Description

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.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/disable-author-archives directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find the plugin’s configuration settings?

The plugin does not require any kind of configuration. Author archives are disabled as soon as the plugin is activated.

Review feed

dichternebel
1/8/2024

Works!

Does the job. Thanks for sharing!

Screenshots

No screenshots available

Changelog

1.3.5

  • Fixed malformed URLs by restoring a previous author link filter.

1.3.4

  • Leaving comment author link untouched.
  • Restored priority of template_redirect action.

1.3.3

  • Added removal of author links in comments.
  • No longer remove author name, just the link to the author archive.
  • Removed needless loading of plugin text domain.

1.3.2

  • Removed users section from WordPress built-in sitemap. Suggested by @constracti. Thanks!

1.3.1

  • Removed View link from admin’s Users list. Suggested by @khaiknievel. Thanks!

1.3.0

  • Opened plugin for translations.
  • Set filter callback priorities to lowest possible value.

1.2.1

  • Subtle optimization.

1.2.0

  • Resolved redirection conflict.

1.1.0

  • Added no-cache headers.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
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