Title: the_author_posts_link()
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# the_author_posts_link()

 *  Resolved [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/)
 * When I use this tag in the loop of my article it doesn’t link to the the authors
   posts but to the home page.
 * [http://improvethequality.com](http://improvethequality.com) select any article
   to see the attribution link.

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 *  Thread Starter [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127481)
 * The code actually reads:
 * This article written by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>
 * The link it attempts is [http://www.improvethequality.com/author/jason/](http://www.improvethequality.com/author/jason/)
   but it then goes to the front page.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127484)
 * See if updating your permalink structure resolves the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127669)
 * I tried it with the default and it didn’t help. Do suggest a particular structure?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127697)
 * Not necessarily another structure, but do “Saving Changes” with your existing
   default structure. Note that with the default structure I would expect your link
   to be something like:
    [http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=1](http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=1)
 *  Thread Starter [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127732)
 * When I changed it to the default the link was “[http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=2&#8221](http://www.improvethequality.com/?author=2&#8221);
   but the same result of going back to the home page in stead of an author page.
 * I put it back to my custom structure after that and saved again. So, it is back
   to the way it started.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127743)
 * Guessing either something in your .htaccess or a conflict from a plugin (or theme).
 *  Thread Starter [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127746)
 * That is what I thought as well, I have deactivated all the plugins I thought 
   could affect it one at a time. The theme works on my dev site. In fact this whole
   thing works on my local dev site. (it isn’t a perfect copy of my real site) I
   just can’t find out the difference.
 * I will look into the .htaccess file.
 *  Thread Starter [whdr02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whdr02/)
 * (@whdr02)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author_posts_link/#post-1127863)
 * It turned out to be the Robots meta Plugin.
 * I wouldn’t have guessed that one.

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