Hey there,
Period actually has a built-in option for this. Inside the Customizer, open the Show/Hide Elements section, and you’ll see the option to hide the author name there.
Oh, true. Thanks! Also, when the author name is clicked, what if I wanted to redirect that link to the about page? Because right now, it seems to just bring me back to the home page.
Sure thing!
The author link points to the author archive, so it looks like there is already a homepage redirect in place. I’m guessing that the author archives have been disabled by Yoast SEO and that’s causing the redirect.
You could either add your own 301 redirect from the author archive to the about page or edit the link HTML with your child theme. If you want to use the child theme, add a folder to your child theme called “content” and copy the post-byline.php from the “content” folder in Period into your child theme’s “content” folder.
The post-byline.php file has a lot of additional code you won’t need anymore. You can simplify it greatly and include a static link to your about page there.
Thanks, I was able to make the necessary changes in the child theme!
Great, glad to hear that 🙂
