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changing author base slug
3 replies · Started by Chris on September 20, 2022
Hi,
I'd like to change the /author/ base slug to /journalist/
I found the following code to do that:
//change /author/ slug to /journalist/
function new_author_base() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$myauthor_base = 'journalist';
$wp_rewrite->author_base = $myauthor_base;
}
add_action('init', 'new_author_base');that seems simple enough and works on all of the author links in the bylines, bios and such.
However, the permalink for the author pages are still site.com/author/name. I get a 404 page if I access site.com/journalist/name
I've resaved permalinks and cleared caches.
Should the code snippet have reset the permalink to /journalist/ ? If so, thoughts on why it isn't working?
Thanks,
Chris
Hi Chris,
The code looks correct, it should achieve what you are looking for.
But the theme doesn't handle permalinks, I don't think there's anything we can offer regarding this issue.
I would suggest disabling all your plugins to test, in case there are any of them altering permalinks.
Oh, ooooh... I got it :)
After you confirmed it should be working... I got to thinking, what could be going wrong...
Then I thought - I might have code snippets set to run that snippet on the front end... I wonder if... yep - switched it to working 'everywhere', resaved the permalink settings - and presto, now it is working as expected.
Thanks, it was you saying it should work that got the wheels turning in my head :)
Chris
Awesome :)
Glad it's working now!
