Title: Role-Based Author Base
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Role-Based Author Base

 *  [pvheck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pvheck/)
 * (@pvheck)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/)
 * When selecting Role-Based Author Base, I get this URL:
    [http://uitgeweest.nl/%ba_eas_author_role%/lois-timmermans/](http://uitgeweest.nl/%ba_eas_author_role%/lois-timmermans/)
 * Any suggestions?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-author-slug/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-author-slug/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebrandonallen/)
 * (@thebrandonallen)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784559)
 * Where in your theme are you seeing the issue? It could be a bug, or it could 
   be your theme. I built in fallbacks, so no one should ever see a link like that.
   Therefore, I’m guessing it’s an issue with how the theme is building author links.
   I’ve taken a look at your theme, and your main theme is fine. However, you’re
   using a child theme, so it’s possible you have some old code in the child theme
   templates. I saw that your theme listed author link improvements in the changelog
   of at least two releases.
 * So you know, get_author_posts_link() or the_author_posts_link() are the two functions
   that will return the proper result. If author links aren’t built with one of 
   those functions, the plugin won’t replace %ba_eas_author_role% with the appropriate
   information.
 * Let me know what you find, and we’ll see what we can do to get things working.
 *  Thread Starter [pvheck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pvheck/)
 * (@pvheck)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784589)
 * Thank you Brandon.
 * I use this Theme [http://themeforest.net/item/presso-clean-modern-magazine-theme/6335504/](http://themeforest.net/item/presso-clean-modern-magazine-theme/6335504/)
 * I explained them the problem and this is what they answered:
    “The author link
   was generated by echo get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ )); and 
   there is no special function on both main theme and child theme for re-generating
   the author link. It may caused from the plugin.”
 * Anything I can do to get you more information?
 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebrandonallen/)
 * (@thebrandonallen)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784683)
 * Sorry it took so long to get back to you. The current version of the theme does
   things correctly, but based on the changelogs, it appears as though older versions
   may have not. You appear to be using a child theme, so I was saying that a file
   in the child theme, if based on an older version of Presso, could be overriding
   changes made to the way author links were generated. If you want to create a 
   zip of your child theme and send it my way, I can tell you where to send it and
   take a look.
 * The other possibility is another plugin interfering with the hooks used by Edit
   Author Slug. You can try disabling all plugins, except for Edit Author Slug, 
   and see if that changes things. If the author Permalinks work correctly, re-enable
   the plugins, one-by-one, until the author links break again. Then you’ll know
   the culprit. Let me know the plugin causing the problem, and I’ll investigate
   why.
 * If none if the above are the problem, then there’s likely some bad logic, somewhere,
   in my plugin. I’m not ruling it out, but you’re the first report I’ve heard with
   this happening, and my testing never came up with this issue.
 *  Thread Starter [pvheck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pvheck/)
 * (@pvheck)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784688)
 * I disabled all plugins but I got the same result, so I zipped my child theme.
   To where can I send it?
 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebrandonallen/)
 * (@thebrandonallen)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784689)
 * wp_plugins [at] brandonallen {dot} org
 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebrandonallen/)
 * (@thebrandonallen)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-based-author-base/#post-4784690)
 * Got it. I’ll dig through, and see what I can find. Thanks!

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