Shows the authors page even if the author has no post.
As of April 2026, Show authors without posts is a WordPress 404 plugin with 30 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Redirection.
This plugin prevents the 404 error on author pages when the author has no posts.
It is published under the GPL 2 licence (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt).
The original idea was taken from the the “List Authors” plugin here: http://guff.szub.net/source/custom-list-authors.php
| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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