Plugin info

Total downloads: 50,319
Active installs: 6,000
Total reviews: 17
Average rating: 4.9
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 6 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 11/28/2017 (2954 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/27/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.7.31
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2954 days ago • 17 reviews

24/100

Is Disable Author Pages abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 2954 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.7.31
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Disable the author pages ( /author=? ) in wordpress and redirect the user to another page.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin from within the Dashboard or upload the directory disable-author-pages and all its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Configure it under settings/disable author pages

Frequently Asked Questions

Installation Instructions

  1. Install the plugin from within the Dashboard or upload the directory disable-author-pages and all its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Configure it under settings/disable author pages

I have a new translation

Translations are handled via https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-author-pages

I found a bug

Please report it at https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/issues

I have a feature request

Please report it at https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/issues

Review feed

Kerfred
9/3/2016

Great plugin that prevents brute force attacks

Great. Your plugin prevents the attacks that search the user logins and run brute force attacks. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Screenshots

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Changelog

0.11

  • version tagging sync github / wordpress.org svn. Thanks to swissspidy
  • fix: notice plugin_settings_link not static. Thanks to swissspidy

0.10

  • DB clean up on uninstall
  • added settings list on pluginlist

0.9

  • fix: redirect to pages. Thanks to Georg
  • changed text domain for translations via translate.wordpress.org
  • added github updater metadata

0.8

  • Updated German Translation, Urls and Description. Thanks to krafit
  • Minor spelling correction. Thanks to tristanpenman

0.7

  • Make it work if WordPress installed in a subdirectory
    https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/pull/1
    Thanks to smeric
  • Moved sourcecode to GitHub: https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages
  • Moved Issuetracker to GitHub: https://github.com/staude/disable-author-pages/issues

0.6

Fix: When I choose redirect to “Profile” page and save, the dialogue reverts back to Homepage. ( Thanks to Tradedog )

0.5

Fix: Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in wp-includes/post-template.php on line 29 (from user BackuPs – Thanks)

0.4

  • Added feature disable only admin author page (from user BackuPs – Thanks)
  • Added feature redirect non exists autor page (instead of default 404) ( Request from Matt Jensen – Thanks)

0.3

Disable some php notices if WP Debug active

0.2

  • Added settings to Options > Author Pages
  • 0000027: Overwrite the author_link (optional).
  • 0000029: status of redirect
  • 0000028: Select destination for redirect

0.1

First version.