Hide Author Archive

Description

This plugin will hide author’s archive.
If your don’t need author parameter, this plugin may enhance your site’s security from bot inspection.

1. No more ?author=1 redirection to /author/admin
2. Ignore query var like author=1 or author_name=admin
3. Hide user list in REST API from user without permission list_users or edit_others_posts. This capability is filterable.

/**
 * Filter capabilities to see author list.
 *
 * @param string[] $caps List of capabilities.
 */
add_filter( 'hide_author_archive_rest_query_capability', function( $caps ) {
    $caps[] = 'read';
    return $caps;
} );