Filter the author URLs.

includes/classes/DistributorPost.php

@@ -412,6 +412,34 @@ public function get_author_name( $author_name = '' ) {
 		return $this->source_site['name'];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the post's author URL.
+	 *
+	 * For distributed posts this is a link to the original site. For the
+	 * original post, this is the result of get_author_posts_url().
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $author_link The author's posts URL. If specified, this will be returned if the
+	 *                             author link does not need to be replaced by the original source name.
+	 * @return string The post's author link.
+	 */
+	public function get_author_link( $author_link = '' ) {
+		if (
+			$this->is_source
+			|| $this->original_deleted
+			|| ! $this->is_linked
+			|| ! $this->connection_id
+			|| ! $this->original_post_url
+		) {
+			if ( empty( $author_link ) ) {
+				return get_author_posts_url( $this->post->post_author );
+			}
+			return $author_link;
+		}
+
+		$this->populate_source_site();
+		return $this->source_site['home_url'];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the post's distributable meta data.
 	 *

includes/classes/ExternalConnections/WordPressExternalConnection.php

@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ public static function canonicalize_front_end() {
 		// add_filter( 'wpseo_opengraph_url', array( '\Distributor\ExternalConnections\WordPressExternalConnection', 'wpseo_og_url' ) );
 		// add_filter( 'the_author', array( '\Distributor\ExternalConnections\WordPressExternalConnection', 'the_author_distributed' ) );
 		// add_filter( 'get_the_author_display_name', array( '\Distributor\ExternalConnections\WordPressExternalConnection', 'the_author_distributed' ) );
-		add_filter( 'author_link', array( '\Distributor\ExternalConnections\WordPressExternalConnection', 'author_posts_url_distributed' ), 10, 3 );
+		// add_filter( 'author_link', array( '\Distributor\ExternalConnections\WordPressExternalConnection', 'author_posts_url_distributed' ), 10, 3 );
 	}
 
 	/**

includes/classes/InternalConnections/NetworkSiteConnection.php

@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ public static function canonicalize_front_end() {
 		// add_filter( 'wpseo_opengraph_url', array( '\Distributor\InternalConnections\NetworkSiteConnection', 'wpseo_og_url' ) );
 		// add_filter( 'the_author', array( '\Distributor\InternalConnections\NetworkSiteConnection', 'the_author_distributed' ) );
 		// add_filter( 'get_the_author_display_name', array( '\Distributor\InternalConnections\NetworkSiteConnection', 'the_author_distributed' ) );
-		add_filter( 'author_link', array( '\Distributor\InternalConnections\NetworkSiteConnection', 'author_posts_url_distributed' ), 10, 3 );
+		// add_filter( 'author_link', array( '\Distributor\InternalConnections\NetworkSiteConnection', 'author_posts_url_distributed' ), 10, 3 );
 	}
 
 	/**

includes/hooks.php

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ function setup() {
 	add_filter( 'wpseo_opengraph_url', $n( 'wpseo_opengraph_url' ), 10, 2 );
 	add_filter( 'the_author', $n( 'filter_the_author' ) );
 	add_filter( 'get_the_author_display_name', $n( 'get_the_author_display_name' ), 10, 3 );
+	add_filter( 'author_link', $n( 'filter_author_link' ) );
+	add_filter( 'get_the_author_user_url', $n( 'get_the_author_user_url' ), 10, 3 );
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -138,3 +141,47 @@ function get_the_author_display_name( $display_name, $user_id, $original_user_id
 
 	return filter_the_author( $display_name );
 }
+
+/**
+ * Filter the author link for a distributed post.
+ *
+ * @since x.x.x
+ *
+ * @param string $link Author link.
+ * @return string Modified author link.
+ */
+function filter_author_link( $link ) {
+	$settings = Utils\get_settings();
+
+	if ( empty( $settings['override_author_byline'] ) ) {
+		return $link;
+	}
+
+	// Ensure there is a global post object.
+	if ( ! get_post() ) {
+		return $link;
+	}
+
+	$dt_post = new DistributorPost( get_post() );
+	return $dt_post->get_author_link( $link );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Filter the author page URL via get_the_author() for a distributed post.
+ *
+ * @since x.x.x
+ *
+ * @param string $author_url       Author page URL.
+ * @param int    $user_id          User ID.
+ * @param int    $original_user_id Original user ID for calling get_the_author(). False: get_the_author()
+ *                                 was retrieve the author of the current post object.
+ * @return string Modified author page URL.
+ */
+function get_the_author_user_url( $author_url, $user_id, $original_user_id ) {
+	if ( false !== $original_user_id ) {
+		// get_the_author() was called for a specific user.
+		return $author_url;
+	}
+
+	return filter_author_link( $author_url );
+}