Slug conflict between two archives

[emillamprecht]

If anyone could provide me with a solution I would be forever grateful.

A while back I built an archive page for my client to be used as a author bio page. This page dynamically pulls through author information from users in the backend, page condition set to any author is being viewed. This page also displays posts related to that author hence why I chose to use an archive layout. Then there is an author directory made on a static page that also uses dynamic data but is wired up manually (for further context as there is no issue with this page).

Now I chose this set up becuase you cannot pull user information through using standard looper elements on statics pages there doesnt appear to be a function but it can be pulled through within an archive.

Now everything was working fine and displayed correctly on the front end up until I created a blog archive page then added the plugin Filter everthing. Now when I click on the author profile link it redirects to the blog page with the filter set to author.

I have tried so many different methods including removing the plugin and purging the permalinks but I cannot seem to get the slug to land back on the correct archive page, no whenever I click one of the author profile links on the author directory page it goes to the blog page instead of the author bio page.

Please if anyone has a solution to this issue or could point me to a resource it would be much appreciated.

[tristup]

Hi @emillamprecht,

Thanks for reaching out.
After reading out the problem explained here, it seems to be a problem with the condition and assignment. If you have two different Archive Layouts for Blog and Author, please check with the Priority set to each one. Please remember that the lowest priority will always be used before.
If that does not help, we need to investigate it further. Please provide login credentials for your site in a secure note, including:

– WordPress Site URL & Login URL
– WordPress Admin username/password

To create a secure note, click the key icon underneath any of your posts.

Thanks

[emillamprecht]

Hi,

The following is a more refined breakdown of what might be causing the issue:

Our author archive URLs are redirecting to the blog page instead of loading the assigned Author Archive Layout. The layout condition is set correctly (Any Author → Is Being Viewed), and authors have valid posts in English. We’ve reset permalinks, disabled conflicting plugins, checked SEO settings, and rolled back WPML changes.

This suggests the /author/ endpoint is being overridden or disabled by a rewrite conflict, a theme setting, or a routing override.

We suspect one of the following:
• Author archives being suppressed or redirected at the theme/SEO level
• Rewrite conflicts left behind by Filter Everything
• WPML language routing interfering with archive resolution
• A redirect rule targeting /author/*
• The Author Archive Layout condition not being recognized due to the routing conflict

We’d appreciate help identifying why /author/{slug}/ isn’t being treated as a valid author archive by Pro.

I have left the login credentials in a secure note as requested.

[tristup]

Hi @emillamprecht,

Thanks for sharing the credentials. The Archive Layouts list wasn’t visible in Cornerstone , but I was still able to investigate the issue you mentioned.

I created a Test Author archive layout, assigned it to the “Any Author is being viewed” condition, and set the priority to -1 . This resolved the issue.

Thanks!