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Extra Authors Redirect

Description

Adds a checkbox to author profiles to redirect. Useful for sites that have occasional authors or user accounts not intended for display.

Screenshots

  • The checkbox

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload extra-authors-redirect to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Check the author(s) you want redirected.

FAQ

Does this affect posts / pages / admin / ???

No. this only affects people going to the /author/ template page on a site, and only affects those that have been marked to redirect.

Can I change where the redirect goes?

Yes. There is a filter to change the default behavior. In your functions file, include the following:

function new_auth_url($location) {
    $location = 'http://google.com';
    return $location;
}
add_filter( 'extra_author_redirect_url', 'new_auth_url' );

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Contributors & Developers

“Extra Authors Redirect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Change log

1.2

  • Will also redirect for bbPress profile pages

1.1

  • Cleaner meta check for adding author meta entry

1.0

  • First release!