Wordpress Author Link 404

Question

On a search page I allow the user to click a on the authors name to view all posts by that author. Im trying to create the link to the authors page but I keep getting 404’s. However the admin user works. I have checked the user types and they are set authors (Admin is administrator).

Code Example

get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_ID());

Result

This returns "/author/tester/" which looks correct since the admin one "/author/admin/" works. However clicking the link goes to 404.

Notes

This code is executed in a Wordpress loop.
User type is Author.
Ideally I would like to use the users nickname/display name not actual.

Leo44 Leo44 · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-18T14:07:48

Try :

get_author_posts_url( $author->ID )

Also since you're using it within the loop, try without any ID :

get_author_posts_url()

Wordpress Author Link 404

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