What are author specific RSS feeds?
WordPress automatically creates an RSS feed for every author on your site. They contain the posts from that author in chronological order and allow a user to subscribe to this feed and get everything that author writes.
Why would you disable the author specific RSS feeds?
These might be useful if you have multiple authors on your site, but if you have only one author, that feed is a direct copy of your site’s overall RSS feed. At that point, it’s better to just disable it entirely.
How can you disable the author specific RSS feeds?
Go to Progress Planner and complete the recommendation. Or you can take the following steps:
How to disable the author feeds using Yoast SEO
- Go to your WordPress dashboard.
- Hover over Yoast SEO and click on “Settings”.
- In settings, click on “Advanced”.
- Then click on “Crawl optimization”.
- Find “Remove post authors feeds” and disable the checkbox.
How to disable the author archives using All in One SEO
- Go to your WordPress dashboard.
- Hover over All in One SEO and click on “Search Appearance”.
- In search appearance, click on “Advanced”.
- In advanced, click on “Crawl Cleanup”.
- In crawl cleanup, scroll down to “Author Feeds” and click it off.
Why is this a Ravi’s Recommendation?
Ravi’s Recommendations help you keep your site optimized. Author RSS feeds don’t add value on single-author sites and can cause duplicate content. Removing them keeps your site clean and your SEO in shape.