KO – Strip Author Information

A privacy-focused WordPress plugin that removes publicly exposed post and comment author information without deleting users or changing stored content ownership.

What it covers

• Core post and comment author template functions
• Author names, links, avatars, biography blocks, and common byline containers
• Author archives, enumeration URLs, feeds, sitemaps, and oEmbed
• Anonymous REST responses and the core public users endpoint
• Anonymous WPGraphQL author fields and user models, when WPGraphQL is active
• Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and AIOSEO author schema data
• Common author meta tags and dynamically injected author markup

What it preserves

• WordPress users and profiles
• Post, page, media, and custom post type ownership
• Comment records
• Author controls and authenticated data in wp-admin
• Background and WP-CLI publishing workflows

Installation

1. Create an installable ZIP whose top-level folder is ko-strip-author-information.
2. In WordPress, open Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
3. Upload the ZIP and activate KO – Strip Author Information.
4. Clear all page, object, CDN, and browser caches.
5. Verify representative content, comments, an author URL, feeds, and public APIs on staging.

Limits

The plugin does not modify arbitrary prose. A name manually typed into post content, a custom field, an image, or proprietary plugin output must be removed from that source or handled by a site-specific integration.

Developer filters

ko_sai_should_strip_author_information

Filters whether the current request receives stripped author output.

add_filter( 'ko_sai_should_strip_author_information', '__return_true' );

ko_sai_frontend_author_selectors

Adds or changes targeted selectors used for third-party theme and builder markup.

add_filter(
    'ko_sai_frontend_author_selectors',
    function ( $selectors ) {
        $selectors[] = '.my-theme-custom-byline';
        return $selectors;
    }
);

Development validation

php -l ko-strip-author-information.php
php tests/run.php

License

GPL-2.0-or-later