Setting Per-Author SEO for Author Archive Pages

Since version 1.9.0, SureRank lets you set a custom SEO title, description, and social preview for each author’s archive page, the same way you can for individual posts and pages.

Where to Find It

There are two ways to edit an author’s SEO settings.

From the Users list. Go to Users → All Users in wp-admin. There’s a SureRank column showing each user’s SEO score. Click it to open the SEO popup for that author.

From the front end. While logged in, visit that author’s archive page on your site (for example, example.com/author/john) and use the SureRank item in the WordPress admin bar at the top of the page to open the same SEO popup directly from the live page.

What You Can Set

Inside the popup, you can configure the author archive page:

• SEO Title and Meta Description, shown in search results for that author’s page
• Social preview (Open Graph / Twitter Card image and text), shown when the author page is shared on social media

If no custom values are set for an author, SureRank falls back to the site’s default archive title/description template (the same template used for author pages generally).

Why This Matters

This is most useful for multi-author sites, such as magazines, group blogs, or agencies with multiple writers, where each author’s archive page is a real, indexable destination (see [[Managing Author and Date Archives for SEO]] for the setting that controls whether author pages are indexable at all). Giving each author page its own title and description helps it stand out in search results instead of relying on a generic, repeated template.

Steps for the Customer

1. Confirm author archive pages are enabled (not redirected to the homepage) under SureRank → Advanced → Archive Pages.
2. Go to Users → All Users, find the author, and click their SureRank SEO score to open the popup, or visit their author page while logged in and use the admin bar.
3. Set a custom SEO Title and Meta Description for that author.
4. Set a custom social preview image and text if desired.
5. Save, then visit the author’s archive page to confirm the new title and description appear (view page source or use the SERP preview in the popup).

If That Doesn’t Work

If the SureRank column doesn’t appear on the Users screen, or the popup doesn’t open, confirm the user account you have logged in with has permission to edit that profile (edit_user capability) and that author archives aren’t disabled site-wide. If the issue persists, escalate with the site URL and the specific author’s username.