Changing the author slug

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  sjauld · Member · Aug 31, 2007 at 3:25 am

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  When you use the tag the_author_posts_link(), you can use ‘idmode’ as a parameter to change the link text, but not the actual url slug. For example, my username is “stu”, and the slugs created are http://website.com/author/stu/.

  How do I set you WP to change this slug to use a nickname – ie http://website.com/author/stus-nickname/?

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  darmok · Member · Aug 31, 2007 at 7:11 am

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  I do not believe this the_author_posts_link() functionality is available at wordpress.com. Blog entries are not filed by author name or nickname, as far as I know. They are organized into directories by date.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 31, 2007 at 8:03 am

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  You’re right; that functionality isn’t available here, period. Some templates identify the authors, but usually I recommend tagging the posts with the author’s name on a multiuser blog.