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title: "How to Hide Author URL in WordPress?"
url: https://nexterwp.com/docs/hide-author-url-in-wordpress/
date: 2025-05-26
modified: 2026-04-14
author: "Aditya Sharma"
description: "Do you want to hide the author URL in your WordPress site? By default, WordPress creates author archive pages and links to them using a URL. While useful in some..."
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# How to Hide Author URL in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Extension Pro hides author URLs from the WordPress Dashboard under Nexter > Extensions > Security, then Advanced Security, by enabling the Hide Author URLs for Security toggle.
- Nexter Extension Pro replaces the author name in the URL with a number, so the author archive link no longer shows the username.
- Nexter Extension Pro returns a 404 error when someone types the author's name into the author URL.

Do you want to hide the author URL in your WordPress site? By default, WordPress creates author archive pages and links to them using a URL. While useful in some cases, these URLs can expose usernames and create potential security risks.

With the Nexter Extension (Free) and Nexter Extension (Pro) plugins, you can easily hide the author URL in your WordPress site.

[LIVE EXTENSION LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-extensions/advanced-wordpress-security/)

 

## Learn via Video Tutorial

https://youtu.be/vy2tZnM6HaU?t=784

## How to Hide Author URL with the Nexter Extension Pro?

To hide author URLs with the Nexter Extension Pro plugin, from the WordPress Dashboard, go to **Nexter **>** Extensions** > **Security**.

Then go to the **Advanced Security **section, enable the toggle and then click on the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/advanced-security-settings-new-1.png)

It will open the Advanced Security popup, then enable the **Hide Author URLs for Security** toggle, and click the **Save** button.

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/hide-author-urls-for-security.png)

Now, in the author URL, instead of the author name, it will show a number. If someone tries to access the URL by typing the author's name, it will show a 404 error.