Remove Author Meta

Hi Matt,

Do you mean that when you share via Discord, the name is displayed? That’s done via oEmbed, which you can disable using this plugin: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-embeds/.

As for TSF, it only relays the Facebook and Twitter account identifiers after you fill them in; either via the SEO settings page or via “Authorial Info” on your profile.

I hope this helps ?? Cheers!

I also want to know this, but just want to remove the author from it not the embed. On discord it shows my name at the top of every link shared. Just want to remove my name.

Hi @eldritchgreene

You can remove the name with this filter:

add_filter( 'oembed_response_data', function( $data ) {

	unset( $data['author_name'], $data['author_url'] );

	return $data;
} );

Note that Discord may store response data. So, test it out by sharing a new post!

We’re considering implementing this filter as a feature in The SEO Framework, as the ever-growing Discord prominently uses the data. Cheers!

Where should I put that code? I’m new with WordPress.

Hi @justtalz

If you’re new to WordPress, then I recommend sticking with plugins. This one disables embeds completely, and lets Discord rely on Open Graph metadata instead: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-embeds/.

If you’re willing to give it a go anyway, check out our tutorial on placing filters here: https://theseoframework.com/docs/using-filters/#where. Be mindful that erroneous file changes may crash your website, so it’s best to keep a backup at hand.

Cheers ??

@stormzahti
I removed your response here, since you’re rather asking a new question. Please start a new topic instead. And if you want, you may there link to this thread for background.
Since this thread was already old and stale, I’ll close it now.

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