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Hide Author Archive

by Tarosky Inc. · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.1 Tested up to WP 6.7.7 PHP 7.4+

Hide Author Archive has 500+ active installs on WordPress.org and 15,214 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 4, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

Hide Author Archive at a glance

Active installs
500+
Total downloads
15,214
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Hide Author Archive well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Remove meta=author
  • Override author section in Article scheme in JSON-LD
  • Hide author section in Slack sharing
  • Hide article:author in OGP

Hide Author Archive reviews and ratings

1 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

1 reviews

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  • Works for me, thanks!

    After activating this plugin, the author archive lands on a 404 page. I was looking for this functionality, because on many websites, there isn't a need for author archives. Tested with WordPress 5.6.2

    Bradley Allen

Details

Hide author archive URL of WordPress.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • archive
  • author
  • permalink
  • url

More from Tarosky Inc.

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
Feb 4, 2025
First published
Oct 22, 2020
Requires WordPress
5.9
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Hide Author Archive FAQ

What does Hide Author Archive do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Hide Author Archive offers Remove meta=author, Override author section in Article scheme in JSON-LD, Hide author section in Slack sharing and Hide article:author in OGP.

How many active installs does Hide Author Archive have?

WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs for Hide Author Archive as of September 7, 2026.

Is Hide Author Archive still maintained?

The last release was on February 4, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Hide Author Archive free?

Hide Author Archive is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.