{"id":178,"date":"2019-02-10T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/author-page-redirecting-to-homepage\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T06:44:52","slug":"author-page-redirecting-to-homepage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/author-page-redirecting-to-homepage\/","title":{"rendered":"Author page redirecting to homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"178\" class=\"elementor elementor-178\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1668cfd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1668cfd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53b1b865\" data-id=\"53b1b865\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae83df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ae83df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When clicking on the author name on a blog post, it is expected to be redirected to the corresponding author archive page. If that is not happening and you get redirected to the homepage instead, although the author link seems correct on mouseover, you are likely to have Yoast SEO plugin installed.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re running a one author blog, the author archive will be exactly the same as your homepage. This is what&#8217;s called a duplicate content problem. To avoid it, Yoast allows you to disable author archive pages, which makes them redirect to the homepage. But, if that&#8217;s not the case on your site, and you have more than one author, you need to activate archive pages.<\/p>\n<p>To enable back archive pages deactivated by Yoast SEO plugin, just follow these easy steps (check the image below for further detail):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7debf4dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7debf4dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n<li>Log in to your WordPress Dashboard<\/li>\n<li>On the left-hand side menu, click on <strong>Yoast SEO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Yoast SEO settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on <strong>Search Appearance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Archives<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Toggle the <strong>Author archive<\/strong>s switch to <strong>Enabled<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Clear any cache your installation might have \u2014ignore this step if none<\/li>\n<li>Done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fff43bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fff43bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTc3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3Lm1vbG9uZ3VpLmNvbVwvaGVscFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjJcLzAxXC9rYl9hdXRob3JfcGFnZV9yZWRpcmVjdGluZ190b19ob21lcGFnZS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-177\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage.png 807w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/kb_author_page_redirecting_to_homepage-768x688.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Enable author archives on Yoast SEO plugin settings page<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fc4d27 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fc4d27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3575c52\" data-id=\"3575c52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d0998 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"98d0998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-lightbulb\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7787eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7787eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa09359\" data-id=\"aa09359\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2718c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2718c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having trouble with Yoast SEO? Find answers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoast Help Center<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-909fb52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"909fb52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab6092a\" data-id=\"ab6092a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ea1d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7ea1d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd9cdf elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"cfd9cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-set-title-and-meta-description-for-guest-author-archives\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Set Title and Meta Description for Guest Author Pages<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-change-guest-author-slug\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Change Guest Author Slug<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/404-error-on-guest-author-pages\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I get a 404 Error on Guest Author Pages<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/author-name-not-linking-to-author-page\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Author Name Not Linking to Author Page<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When clicking on the author name on a blog post, it is expected to be redirected to the corresponding author archive page. 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