Comments for Brandon Allen

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.8 and Beyond by Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:45:50 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for the Author Slug plugin – I have used it to set up Buddypress where usernames were not permitted to be visible. I’m using your plugin to help create firstnamelastname type ids in the member page urls.
My real question is about your work on BP profile privacy. I came across a thread where you were discussing a plugin to give activity and profile privacy options. This is a feature we have had requested from users and I wondered how far you had got with it?
Best wishes,
Mike

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.8 and Beyond by Brandon Allen

Brandon Allen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:20:38 +0000

It's possible, and it was something that was supported by Edit Author Slug for about one version (the post to which you link says that it's no longer supported). However, it comes with many risks, so I removed it because I didn't want to deal with support requests on that topic. The code below can be placed in your theme's functions.php or in a plugin, and will remove the author base completely. Once you've added the code to one of the aforementioned locations, you'll need to go the Settings > Permalinks, and click "Save Changes". It probably wouldn't hurt to do this twice. Once you've done that, you should be author base free.

function my_remove_author_base() {
	global $wp_rewrite;
	$wp_rewrite->author_base = '';  
	$wp_rewrite->author_structure = '/%author%'; 
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_remove_author_base' );

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.8 and Beyond by Andy

Andy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:20:28 +0000

Hi Brandon,
I want to remove the Author Base completely. Is it possible to do so?

http://brandonallen.org/2010/11/03/how-to-remove-the-author-base-with-edit-author-slug/

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.8 and Beyond by Brandon Allen

Brandon Allen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:01:26 +0000

It should. Let me know if it doesn’t, because that means there’s a bug somewhere.

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.8 and Beyond by PJ

PJ — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:21:58 +0000

Should this plugin work with functions like get_the_author_link()?

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.5 by Ricky

Ricky — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:07:39 +0000

Great plugin and works well on WP3!

However I tried along side buddypress and it will not work. I’m trying to allow users to sign up to the site and set their own “profile/author slug” (based on an xProfile field). Brandon any ideas how I can do this?

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.5 by Brandon Allen

Brandon Allen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:19:57 +0000

Mark,

This is possible. I’m looking into it now, but it’s not likely to be a visible option I add to the plugin. You’ll likely have to add some code to your functions.php file to get this functionality, because removing the author base completely could have some negative side effects. I’ll keep playing around with some ideas. If I come up with anything, I’ll shoot you an email with a beta version for you to test.

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.5 by Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:49 +0000

Hi,

This looks like a perfect plugin for me but is it possible to have no slug?

e.g. http://www.mysite.com/mark

and that would go to the author archive page
Thanks
MArk

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.3 – Localization by Mark

Mark — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:44:20 +0000

Hi!

I want translate your plugin to belorussian language. Please tell me Your email, simply reply me to zhr@tut.by.

Thanks

Comment on Edit Author Slug 0.2 Released by Brandon Allen

Brandon Allen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:17:53 +0000

This issue has been fixed in Edit Author Slug 0.2.1. Thanks Stefano for reporting the issue.