Title: [Plugin: Display Name Author Permalink] Plugin Improvements
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Display Name Author Permalink] Plugin Improvements

 *  [Kevin Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinlearynet/)
 * (@kevinlearynet)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-name-author-permalink-plugin-improvements/)
 * I love this plugin, thanks for taking the time to put it together. I’ve just 
   deployed it for use here, with a few improvements I thought you guys might be
   interested in:
 * [http://blog.openviewpartners.com/](http://blog.openviewpartners.com/)
 * The updates I’ve made include:
    - Removed deprecated functions
    - Updated the `redirect_404()` function to instead redirect to the new URL –
      This was very important to us for usability and SEO
 * If you’re interested in checking out the updates I’ve posted them into a Gist:
 * [https://gist.github.com/3012230](https://gist.github.com/3012230)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-name-author-permalink/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-name-author-permalink/)

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 *  [pha3z](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pha3z/)
 * (@pha3z)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-name-author-permalink-plugin-improvements/#post-2856145)
 * Thanks, Kevin.
 * I pulled the updated code.
 *  [pha3z](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pha3z/)
 * (@pha3z)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-name-author-permalink-plugin-improvements/#post-2856146)
 * Kevin, can you or someone else confirm my understanding of the incrementor code.
   I was reviewing the code before I use it, and I don’t think the uniqueness counter
   is going to behave as people might intuitively expect.
 * Its fast and simple, but it looks like if there are two Jim’s, the first one 
   could be Jim and the second could change to Jim4 if there were duplicates of 
   two other names that weren’t even Jim.
 * Example user list: Jim, Sally, Sally, Matt, Matt, Jim
    Results in: Jim, Sally,
   Sally2, Matt, Matt3, Jim4
 * Am I interpreting the code correctly? Has anyone tested this?

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [pha3z](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pha3z/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-name-author-permalink-plugin-improvements/#post-2856146)
 * Status: not resolved