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WP Author Slug
This plugin replaces the author slug with a sanitized version of the user’s display name. This plugin will not prevent hackers from finding out your login name but the login name won’t be visible in the author archive’s URL, which works towards your friendly URLs with using your display name. DO NOT
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 3.0.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 4, 2026
01 / Source details
This plugin replaces the author slug with a sanitized version of the user’s display name.
This plugin will not prevent hackers from finding out your login name but the login name won’t be visible in the author archive’s URL, which works towards your friendly URLs with using your display name.
DO NOT use this on a site with more than 1000 registered users, as updating all of their nicenames at once might break your site.
02 / Source details
- 01Download WP Author Slug.
- 02Unzip the folder into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- 03Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
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