Title: post author page
Last modified: October 13, 2022

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# post author page

 *  [vens007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vens007/)
 * (@vens007)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/)
 * Hello!
    Please, please help! I need to display the post author’s page. By default,
   it has the address: example.com/author/username . But, I want to make it so that
   I can insert a link in the header of the Site, by clicking on which, the registered
   author could go to his page, where only his posts are visible. But if I insert
   this link ( example.com/author/ ), then the user (author) goes to this page, 
   but his username is not pulled up, it turns out like this – example.com/author/,
   but it needs to be like this – example.com/author/username . Please help me with
   this, how to set up a link so that by clicking on it, a registered user (the 
   author of the post) can go exactly to his page of the post, where he is the author.
   Thank you!

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 *  [tugbucket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tugbucket/)
 * (@tugbucket)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16096868)
 * simple little plugin:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Plugin Name: Author Button
       Description: Creates a link to the current logged in author's page
       Version: 1.0
       */
   
       function add_author_button_tug1sf8(){
       	if (is_user_logged_in()){
       		$userData = wp_get_current_user();
       		$authorLink = '';
       		$authorNiceName = $userData->display_name;
       		$authorURL = get_author_posts_url($userData->ID);
       		$authorLink .= '<a href="'.$authorURL.'">'.$authorNiceName.'</a>';
       		return $authorLink;
       	}
       }
       add_shortcode('authorButton', 'add_author_button_tug1sf8');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * that will produce the link like you want.
 *  Thread Starter [vens007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vens007/)
 * (@vens007)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16096880)
 * dear man, thank you! do not take it for impudence, but where to insert it?) I
   will be very grateful!
 *  [tugbucket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tugbucket/)
 * (@tugbucket)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16097664)
 * [@vens007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vens007/)
 * It’s a plugin so you can add it that way and a short code of [authorButton] will
   display it.
 *  Thread Starter [vens007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vens007/)
 * (@vens007)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16100498)
 * Please, could you specify where to register it? It’s clear with the shortcode,
   but here’s what the plugin means. In my understanding, a plugin is an elementor
   and so on. I beg you, tell me step by step, if possible. I understand that I’m
   tired of stupid questions, but I can’t figure it out. I hope very much for your
   help..
 *  Thread Starter [vens007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vens007/)
 * (@vens007)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16100515)
 * As I understand it, you need to go to the plugins in the console, then edit the
   plugin and paste this text:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Plugin Name: Author Button
       Description: Creates a link to the current logged in author's page
       Version: 1.0
       */
   
       function add_author_button_tug1sf8(){
       	if (is_user_logged_in()){
       		$userData = wp_get_current_user();
       		$authorLink = '';
       		$authorNiceName = $userData->display_name;
       		$authorURL = get_author_posts_url($userData->ID);
       		$authorLink .= '<a href="'.$authorURL.'">'.$authorNiceName.'</a>';
       		return $authorLink;
       	}
       }
       add_shortcode('authorButton', 'add_author_button_tug1sf8');
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [tugbucket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tugbucket/)
 * (@tugbucket)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-author-page/#post-16100599)
 * save that code locally. add it to a ZIP file. go to plugins -> add new -> upload
   plugin and select the zip file. Then activate it. That’s how you install a plugin.

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