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wp-custom-author-url

WP Custom Author URL

Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.

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18.1 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

60 / 103 rows with source links

58.3% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

43 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
174 185 -5.9% 1.0K

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88
No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33

No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33 Getting the following error since today, I saw 2.0.0 has just been released and it auto-updated on my website.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
True Author-ity Over My Author URL

True Author-ity Over My Author URL: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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It boggled my mind that WordPress would allow such a hole in their armor as this for hackers to abuse.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Author URL not redirecting

Author URL not redirecting: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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Author URL not redirecting Setup the author redirect URL to go to https://www.greatlakesdentalpartners.com/company/leadership/daniel-dohnalek/ when author link is clicked but its not working.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Unable to Activate?

Unable to Activate?: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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However when I try to Activate, I am getting an error message “The plugin does not have a valid header.” I’m currently using 5.9.3 but about to upgrade to 6.0 Any and all help appreciated!
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Hi, When I initially install the plugin and set up the custom author URL, it works for about 5 minutes.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72
Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript

Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
Proof Blocked card complete onsite conversion and engagement operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript I think the class-wp-custom-author-url-public (and admin) classes should skip the enqueue of the placeholder CSS and Javascript to cut down on site load time.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.66
Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2)

Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2): users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2) I fully localized this great plugin to zh_TW and found several I18N issues.
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.63
View All Posts

View All Posts: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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View All Posts Hi, first of all, thank you for this plugin. I don’t need the Yoast to 301 redirect authors on the homepage. This one is pretty decent handling the author archives. Though I only have one question, is there a way to modify the “View all posts by author” when hovering on the author link? I am using a custom link that redirects it to the About U
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.61
Very good plugin

Very good plugin: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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In addition, it also makes it possible to hide the identifier of the author when hovering with the mouse.
neutral support · medium severity · relevance 0.53
Admin URL is odd

Admin URL is odd: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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Competitor Context

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WP Author, Date and Meta Remover weak incumbent · intel 81.8 · weakness 75.9
weak incumbent
stale update history below-average rating migration missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Edit Author Slug weak incumbent · intel 80.3 · weakness 70.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 23 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans weak incumbent · intel 78.3 · weakness 68.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 14 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test users roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Meks Smart Author Widget weak incumbent · intel 78.0 · weakness 68.6
weak incumbent
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test user roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Mooberry Book Manager praise owner · intel 76.3 · weakness 67.0
praise owner
stale update history 9 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Author Image praise owner · intel 75.9 · weakness 66.6
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Authors Widget praise owner · intel 75.5 · weakness 66.2
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Author Bio Box praise owner · intel 75.0 · weakness 65.7
praise owner
stale update history 10 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check author publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

18 shown from 18 collected
mixed Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2) support · 2024-10-31T17:16:23+00:00 · medium severity · author

Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2): users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Improve I18N Issues (Based on 2.0.2) I fully localized this great plugin to zh_TW and found several I18N issues.
bugs quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
source plugin
question View All Posts support · 2024-09-03T05:50:29+00:00 · medium severity · author

View All Posts: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: View All Posts Hi, first of all, thank you for this plugin. I don’t need the Yoast to 301 redirect authors on the homepage. This one is pretty decent handling the author archives. Though I only have one question, is there a way to modify the “View all posts by author” when hovering on the author link? I am using a custom link that redirects it to the About U
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
source plugin
mixed No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33 support · 2024-06-08T02:16:21+00:00 · high severity · author

No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No such file or directory in /wp-custom-author-url.php on line 33 Getting the following error since today, I saw 2.0.0 has just been released and it auto-updated on my website.
bugs compatibility support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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mixed Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS support · 2024-05-27T09:52:22+00:00 · medium severity · author

Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Getting ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Hi, When I initially install the plugin and set up the custom author URL, it works for about 5 minutes.
bugs support setup reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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mixed Author URL not redirecting support · 2023-09-11T14:26:36+00:00 · medium severity · author

Author URL not redirecting: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Author URL not redirecting Setup the author redirect URL to go to https://www.greatlakesdentalpartners.com/company/leadership/daniel-dohnalek/ when author link is clicked but its not working.
bugs support setup content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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question Compare to redirect plugin support · 2023-09-08T10:08:14+00:00 · low severity · author

Compare to redirect plugin: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I already have a “301 redirect” plugin installed on my page, and thought about manually redirecting the author pages to the custom author page URL’s with a manual 301 redirect.
missing feature setup content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Great plugin! (5 stars) review · 2022-11-06T15:59:13+00:00 · medium severity · author

Great plugin!: users praise reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great plugin!
reliable quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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mixed Unable to Activate? support · 2022-05-30T09:06:44+00:00 · medium severity · author

Unable to Activate?: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: However when I try to Activate, I am getting an error message “The plugin does not have a valid header.” I’m currently using 5.9.3 but about to upgrade to 6.0 Any and all help appreciated!
bugs support setup content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Very good plugin (5 stars) review · 2021-11-23T02:52:15+00:00 · medium severity · author

Very good plugin: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: In addition, it also makes it possible to hide the identifier of the author when hovering with the mouse.
bugs missing feature support value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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neutral Admin URL is odd support · 2021-10-19T12:59:31+00:00 · medium severity · author

Admin URL is odd: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Can you help?
bugs compatibility support form content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise A brilliant plugin (5 stars) review · 2020-11-19T12:58:27+00:00 · medium severity · author

A brilliant plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: I love the plugin.
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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mixed Link with Google Analytics validation method? support · 2020-03-02T15:12:56+00:00 · low severity · author

Link with Google Analytics validation method?: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello, Your plugin allowed me to change the author url on all my pages and it works perfectly.
compatibility support reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Good work (5 stars) review · 2020-03-02T14:49:08+00:00 · medium severity · author

Good work: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Good work The plugin answered my problem. The plugin answered my problem.
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Works perfectly (5 stars) review · 2020-03-01T23:43:06+00:00 · medium severity · author

Works perfectly: users praise reliable, value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works perfectly Works wonderfully with the latest version of wordpress Works wonderfully with the latest version of wordpress Thanks!
reliable value quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise True Author-ity Over My Author URL (5 stars) review · 2019-10-03T23:33:04+00:00 · high severity · author

True Author-ity Over My Author URL: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It boggled my mind that WordPress would allow such a hole in their armor as this for hackers to abuse.
security quality form content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Can finally separate the concept of usernames and author URLs (5 stars) review · 2019-05-06T20:29:38+00:00 · medium severity · author

Can finally separate the concept of usernames and author URLs: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Can finally separate the concept of usernames and author URLs It’s always bugged me that author URLs were so inflexible, and this is the perfect approach to that.
bugs quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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mixed Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript support · 2019-05-06T20:27:00+00:00 · medium severity · author

Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Removing placeholder CSS and Javascript I think the class-wp-custom-author-url-public (and admin) classes should skip the enqueue of the placeholder CSS and Javascript to cut down on site load time.
bugs support value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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praise Amazing plugin (5 stars) review · 2019-05-06T09:12:38+00:00 · medium severity · author

Amazing plugin: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Amazing plugin I installed this because I didn’t want my author’s username to be accessible to crawlers and other users, while I wanted to maintain an author’s biography page so readers could see more about the author.
setup easy content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit banner display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
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