/*
* Redirect unknown WP authors to me, Kevin! :D
* Created in response to every new WP user getting their own author page.
* Just because a user is created doesn't mean they should have their own author page,
* which ends up getting indexed by google thus creating a 404
*/
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_unknown_authors' );
function redirect_unknown_authors()
{
/*
* Check URL does not contain finishRedirecting flag but does contain /author/
*/
if( strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'finishRedirecting=true') === false &&
strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/author/') !== false ){
$id = get_query_var( 'author' );
$author_obj = get_user_by('id', $id);
$post_count = count_user_posts( $id );
if ( $post_count > 0 )
{
// Queried author has posts, redirect user
if ( wp_redirect( '/author/' . $author_obj->display_name . '/?finishRedirecting=true', 301 ) ) {
exit;
}
} else {
/*
* If URL contains /author/ and the queried author has no posts,
* redirect to author, Kevin.
*/
if ( wp_redirect( '/author/Kevin/?finishRedirecting=true', 301 ) ) {
exit;
}
}
}
}
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