[Resolved] Disabling linking to author's posts

[Remez Sasson]

I would like to disable the link in the post’s author name, beneath the title of the post.

I want author’s name to remain, but I don’t want it to be a link. Currently the link leads to all the author’s posts.

Thank you

[Tom]

Adding this function should do the trick: https://gist.github.com/generatepress/67fb28af5c8be3103290

Adding PHP: http://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/adding-php-functions/

[Remez Sasson]

I added the code in the link above, https://gist.github.com/generatepress/67fb28af5c8be3103290 to the functions.php file, but then my blog went blank, so I removed it.

Can you help please?

Thank you

Remez

[Tom]

I just tested it and it worked.

Did you add it to your child theme’s functions.php?

[Remez Sasson]

I added the following script again, as per the link above, a few minutes ago, but the author’s name beneath the title is still a link.

if ( ! function_exists( ‘generate_posted_on’ ) ) :
/**
* Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
*/
function generate_posted_on() {

if ( ‘post’ !== get_post_type() )
return;

$time_string = ‘<time class=”entry-date published” datetime=”%1$s” itemprop=”datePublished”>%2$s</time>’;
if ( get_the_time( ‘U’ ) !== get_the_modified_time( ‘U’ ) )
$time_string .= ‘<time class=”updated” datetime=”%3$s” itemprop=”dateModified”>%4$s</time>’;

$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
esc_attr( get_the_date( ‘c’ ) ),
esc_html( get_the_date() ),
esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( ‘c’ ) ),
esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
);

printf( __( ‘<span class=”posted-on”>%1$s</span> <span class=”byline”>%2$s</span>’, ‘generate’ ),
sprintf( ‘%3$s‘,
esc_url( get_permalink() ),
esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
$time_string
),
sprintf( ‘<span class=”author vcard” itemtype=”http://schema.org/Person&#8221; itemscope=”itemscope” itemprop=”author”>%1$s <span class=”author-name” itemprop=”name”>%2$s</span></span>’,
__( ‘by’,’generate’),
esc_html( get_the_author() )
)
);
}
endif;

[Tom]

Try adding it using this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/

Just a note for others, don’t use the code pasted above – use the code I originally linked to.

[Remez Sasson]

I didn’t want to add another plugin to the blog, so I tried again inserting the code you supplied to the child theme functions.php, but this time i did not upload it with trough ftp, but pasted into the functions.php through the editor in WordPress, and it worked, removing the link.

I don’t understand why it didn’t work by uploading it through ftp, but the important thing is that this issue is solved now.

Thank you for your help,

Remez Sasson

[Tom]

That’s very odd – I can’t think of a reason why FTP wouldn’t work, it’s actually more reliable than other methods.

Either way, glad it worked! 🙂

[Sha]

Hi Tom,

I pasted the above code to theme’s function.php.
Yet, author link is click-able.

Am i doing anything wrong?

Also, how can i disable the link on the date.

Thank You.

[Tom]

Are you using a child theme? If so, is the filed name functions.php (with an s)?

This function will remove the link to the date and author: https://gist.github.com/generatepress/17e92621b6bf1140dafa

[Maximus Peto]

Just some feedback: I also wanted to remove the link to the author profile (so as to hide my username), but leave the author name there in post metadata. I used Tom’s suggestion to create a plugin with Pluginception.

I made the plugin, pasting exactly the code Tom linked to at: https://gist.github.com/generatepress/67fb28af5c8be3103290.

It worked perfectly! Thanks!

[Tom]

Perfect! Glad it worked 🙂

[Alexander]

It works for me on Pages, but not on Post-Pages. Is there an other Filter for it?

[Tom]

Authors don’t show up on pages, only posts.

This is the only function/filter that applies to authors in the theme.

[Alexander]

There is a Problem, these two filters do not work together:

if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function generate_posted_on() {

	if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() )
		return;

	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s" itemprop="datePublished">%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) )
		$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s" itemprop="dateModified">%4$s</time>';

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);

	printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">%1$s</span> <span class="byline">%2$s</span>', 'generate' ),
		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
			esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
			$time_string
		),
		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%1$s <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%2$s</span></span>',
			__( 'by','generate'),
			esc_html( get_the_author() )
		)
	);
}
endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'generate_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function generate_posted_on() {

	if ( 'post' !== get_post_type() )
		return;

	printf( __( '<span class="byline">%1$s</span>', 'generate' ),
		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%1$s <a class="url fn n" href="%2$s" title="%3$s" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%4$s</span></a></span>',
			__( 'by','generate'),
			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generate' ), get_the_author() ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_author() )
		)
	);
}
endif;

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