[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41792: Suggested Enhancement to WordPress' Handling of Authors and Author URL's

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#41792: Suggested Enhancement to WordPress' Handling of Authors and Author URL's
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 Reporter:  kbooshco     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by tobifjellner):

 This can't be a part of WordPress core, since all templates (including
 author archives) are part that may be supplied by a theme.
 But it could be a part of the standard theme.
 However, it's important that the user can choose whether to have this
 function, or not. Some sites (especially when there's only one author, or
 if the site doesn't want to split published articles between various
 authors) don't want author archives at all.

 For instance, without author pages, you get slightly higher security, if
 it's not too easy to figure out the user name of the main author, then the
 risk that someone will try to brute-force that account is lower. (Some
 security plugins may temporarily block login attempts for an account where
 brute-force is attempted, which might make life worse for the authorized
 user.)

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