by Brandon Allen 4.8 (84 reviews)

Edit Author Slug

Name: Edit Author Slug
Rating: 4.8 (84 reviews)
Author: Brandon Allen

Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.

Edit Author Slug ranks #357 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #5 of 1,867 in the User Management category, a 4.8/5 rating from 84 reviews, and was last updated May 27, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8.12 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.9.2 Current Version v1.9.2

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 27 May, 2025

Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on

#5 of 1,867 in User Management Top 1% by installs Downloads -52.6% this week No update in over a year

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100K+

-37.2%

KW Avg Position

5.6

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1.6M

+84 today

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96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (84 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 58.6%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.9.2
Last Updated: May 27, 2025
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 6.8.12
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Brandon Allen

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 84
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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author author base author slug nicename user nicename

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for site admins or users with permission to manage author permalinks. It solves the problem of being locked into WordPress's default author URL structure by letting you customize the author base and author slug.

Edit author slug
Change author base
Custom author permalinks
Role-based author base

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Edit Author Slug

On standard WordPress installs, it's the final part of an author permalink. e.g. - https://example.com/author/author-slug/ In relation to WordPress internals, the author slug is the same as the user_nicename field found in a WP_User object, or the users table in the database.

It depends. Changing a user's author slug is permanent, as this changes the user's user_nicename field in the database. If you've changed the author base, deactivating or deleting the plugin will revert your author base back to author.

Make sure you are an admin, or have been assigned the edit_users capability.

While I've made every attempt to prevent this, I may have missed a spot or two. First things first, go to Settings > Permalinks and click "Save Changes." You don't need to actually need to make any changes for this to work. Hopefully, this should kick your new Author Slug into gear. If this doesn't work, make sure you don't have any slug conflicts from other posts/pages/plugins/permalink setting/etc. If you're still experiencing the issue, feel free to post a support request in the forums.