Mika MAtikainen
Apr 15, 2020 · 4 min read
How to Change the Author Permalink Structure in WordPress?
By default, WordPress shows author profiles as yoursite.com/author/name. However, you can change it to anything that you like, such as yoursite.com/writer/name
The following code snippet needs to be pasted in the functions.php file. Then, it changes the author permalink structure to “/profile/name”:
add_action(‘init’, ‘wps_author_base’);
function wps_author_base()
{
global $wp_rewrite;
$author_slug = ‘profile’; // change slug name
$wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;
}