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eduardoleao/better-author-urls.php

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Created March 4, 2023 18:39
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Better author URLs for WordPress. This enables author URLs like /author/firstname-lastname/ or /author/display_name/ instead of the usual /author/user_login/ but comes at a performance cost.
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better-author-urls.php
<?php
/**
* Handle author request to change query string as username
*
* This enables author URLs like /author/firstname-lastname/ or /author/display_name/ instead of the usual /author/user_login/
*/
function tc_handle_author_request( $query_vars ) {
if ( ! empty( $query_vars['author_name'] ) ) {
$authors = get_users( array( 'who' => 'authors' ) );
foreach ( $authors as $author ) {
$matched = false;
if ( $author->user_firstname && $author->user_lastname ) {
$name = sprintf( '%s %s', $author->user_firstname, $author->user_lastname );
if ( in_array( $query_vars['author_name'], array( sanitize_title_with_dashes( $name ), sanitize_key( $name ) ) ) )
$matched = true;
} elseif ( $author->display_name ) {
if ( in_array( $query_vars['author_name'], array( sanitize_title_with_dashes( $author->display_name ), sanitize_key( $author->display_name ) ) ) )
$matched = true;
}
if ( $matched ) {
$query_vars['author_name'] = $author->user_nicename;
break;
}
}
}
return $query_vars;
}
add_filter( 'request', 'tc_handle_author_request');
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filter-author-posts-url.php
<?php
add_filter( 'author_link', 'tc_override_author_posts_url', 10, 3 );
function tc_override_author_posts_url( $url, $author_id, $user_nicename ) {
$author = get_userdata( $author_id );
if ( $author->user_firstname && $author->user_lastname )
$url = sprintf( '%s/author/%s/', home_url(), sanitize_title_with_dashes( sprintf( '%s %s', $author->user_firstname, $author->user_lastname ) ) );
elseif ( $author->display_name )
$url = home_url( '/author/' . sanitize_title_with_dashes( $author->display_name ) . '/' );
return $url;
}
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