Title: Simply Change Author URL Author: Devi Published: June 15, 2020 Last modified: July 25, 2022 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simply-change-author-url/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2324548) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/simply-change-author-url/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2324548) # Simply Change Author URL By [Devi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dev_vahid/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simply-change-author-url.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-author-url/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-author-url/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-author-url/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-author-url/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/) ## Description The plugin Changes wordpress user slug for security reasons, it prevents access to the usernames of registered users on your site. By using “Simply Change Author URL” The WordPress default users(authors) Slug and URL addresses will be changed automatically. By Default Author URL is: `example.com/author/[username]/` after install this plugin URLs will be changed to: `example.com/user/[user_id]/` This will protects the usernames from being easily accessible by cyber attackers. This plugin also: 1. Removes wordpress api user endpoints. (they contain information about users) 1. Changes canonical links generated by yoast. ## Installation #### INSTALL Simply Change Author URL FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS 1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select `Add New`; 2. Search for `'Simply Change Author URL'`; 3. Activate `'Simply Change Author URL'` from your Plugins page; #### INSTALL Simply Change Author URL MANUALLY 1. Upload the `'simply-change-author-url'` folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory; 2. Activate the `'Simply Change Author URL'` plugin through the `'Plugins'` menu in WordPress; ## FAQ ### How to change “author_base” From “user” to something else You can do this using a hook named `'simply_change_author_url_author_base'` just return your desired Slug. Remember to call ``, or manually flush rewrite rules by going to `'Setting' => 'Permalinks'` and `'save'` the settings. Example Code: ``` add_filter('simply_change_author_url_author_base', 'changeAuthorSlug'); function changeAuthorSlug(){ return 'example_slug'; } ``` ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cbf878c8b25afdc523752ed26c42f035b372024997cbff45c34a3bf0d86b866? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works exactly as advertised](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-exactly-as-advertised-38/)󠁿 [tnightingale](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tnightingale/) July 27, 2022 This is a must have, no-frills plugin for any member site where you have member profiles. By default WordPress uses the username as the slug for the author.php- based profile – a big security issue. This plugin does exactly what it says it should– uses the user ID instead, and lets you change the base slug as well. I have never used such a new plugin before or one with less than thousands of instalments, and no reviews, but decided to take a chance as it was just what I was looking for. I did find a couple of issues, and the author responded right away with tips to solve one and a new version to fix the others and make the plugin even better. Maybe one day this will become core. It should be. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simply Change Author URL” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Devi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dev_vahid/) [Translate “Simply Change Author URL” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simply-change-author-url) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-change-author-url/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simply-change-author-url/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-change-author-url/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simply-change-author-url/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.2 * `simply_change_author_url_author_base` filter works fine now. * username no longer prints in body classes. #### 1.1.1 * fixed a bug where some canonical urls might not get replaced. #### 1.1.0 * compatibility with yoast seo. * remove wordpress json api user endpoints. #### 1.0.0 * Initial plugin release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.2** * Last updated **4 years ago** * Active installations **40+** * WordPress version ** 4.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.0.15** * PHP version ** 5.6.20 or higher ** * Tags * [author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[author base](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-base/) [author slug](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author-slug/)[permalink](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalink/) [security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-change-author-url/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simply-change-author-url/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Devi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dev_vahid/) ## Support Got something to say? 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