New user has a dead author link, how to change this?

Hi,

Do you have a link to the site so I can have a look?

> the activated user link defaults to an author rather than a subscriber
Isn’t that link managed by the theme? Maybe it isn’t querying it correctly.

Hi Nick,

That’s actually the correct functionality.

The link http://3rdcarabiniers.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/author/sareiodata_test/ (in my case) is the ARCHIVE page for this user. In WordPress, ALL users get an automatic archive page. Since I don’t have any posts, I get a 404 error / not found.

Now, you can remove that link using a bit of custom code:
– download the empty customization plugin: http://www.cozmoslabs.com/docs/profile-builder-documentation/developer-docs/#Customizing_Profile_Builder
– add this code to it to remove the link:

add_filter('wppb_register_have_account_alert', 'wppb_custom_register_notice', 10, 2);
function wppb_custom_register_notice( $message, $login_id){
	$user = get_user_by( 'id', $login_id );
	$user_name = $user->user_login;
	$logout_url = wp_logout_url( get_permalink() );
	return "You are already logged in as {$user_name}. You do not need another account. <a href='{$logout_url}'>Logout</a>";
}

Hope this helps.

Try and replace everything inside index.php with this:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Profile Builder Custom Registration Alert
Plugin URI:
Description:
Version: 1
Author: Reflection Media, Cristian Antohe
Author URI: http://www.reflectionmedia.ro
License: GPL2
*/

add_filter('wppb_register_have_account_alert', 'wppb_custom_register_notice', 10, 2);
function wppb_custom_register_notice( $message, $login_id){
	$user = get_user_by( 'id', $login_id );
	$user_name = $user->user_login;
	$logout_url = wp_logout_url( get_permalink() );
	return "You are already logged in as {$user_name}. You do not need another account. <a href='{$logout_url}'>Logout</a>";
}

Let me know if it works.

Are you sure it’s activated? Just tested it and it works ok.

Just logged in and navigated here: http://3rdcarabiniers.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/register/ and it worked. The text on the registration page (for subscribers) is:

“You are already logged in as sareiodata_test. You do not need another account. Logout”

There is no link to the archive page of the user.

Perhaps we’re talking about two different things? Can you tell what you did, what happened and what you were expecting it to happen?

Also, if you’re an administrator, you’ll still see the registration page, because admins can register users them self.

Got it. Try out this code. Added a filter to that area also.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Profile Builder Custom Registration Alert
Plugin URI:
Description:
Version: 1
Author: Reflection Media, Cristian Antohe
Author URI: http://www.reflectionmedia.ro
License: GPL2
*/

add_filter('wppb_register_have_account_alert', 'wppb_custom_register_notice', 10, 2);
function wppb_custom_register_notice( $message, $login_id){
	$user = get_user_by( 'id', $login_id );
	$user_name = $user->user_login;
	$logout_url = wp_logout_url( get_permalink() );
	return "You are already logged in as {$user_name}. You do not need another account. <a href='{$logout_url}'>Logout</a>";
}

add_filter('wppb_login_login_message1', 'wppb_custom_login_notice', 10, 2);
function wppb_custom_login_notice( $message, $login_id){
	$user = get_user_by( 'id', $login_id );
	$user_name = $user->user_login;
	$logout_url = wp_logout_url( get_permalink() );
	return "You are logged in as {$user_name}. <a href='{$logout_url}'>Logout</a>";
}