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If you want to edit the slug of a user on your site, then you need to go to Users » All Users page. Next, click on the ‘Edit’ link below a username. This will take you to the Edit User screen. Simply scroll down to ‘Edit Author Slug’ section, and you will see a number of choices that you can use as author slug.
From here, scroll down to the ‘Add new redirect’ section. You need to add the old author page URL as the source and the new author URL page as the target. Click on the ‘Add redirect’ button to save your changes. The plugin will now automatically redirect visitors coming to the old author page to the new URL.
How can I change the slug of a user?
Upon activation, this plugin will add a group of options to each user profile page. If you want to edit the slug of a user on your site, then you need to go to Users » All Users page. Next, click on the ‘Edit’ link below a username. This will take you to the Edit User screen.
WordPress comes with built-in support for SEO friendly URL structure, also known as pretty permalinks. This feature allows you to choose URLs for your posts, pages, and categories by editing their slugs. This feature also creates pretty links for author pages. However, there is no option for you to customize the author URL.
Now when you click on the author name in a post to view the author page, you will see that it is using the author slug you choose for them. If you’re building a site where you want to change the author base from /author/ to something else, then you can do that as well with this plugin.