Monthly Archive: December 2019

Problem: the author’s name always shows as “Root” which is meaningless to the reader.

Solution: First go to /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/ folder, since I use twentyseventeen so I go to twentyseventeen folder, please change to your theme folder according to your website theme using.

then search “post author” in template-tags.php file, or find it on functions.php file, you will see similar content below(except the function name is different):

function twentynineteen_posted_by() {
        printf(
            /* translators: 1: SVG icon. 2: post author, only visible to screen readers. 3: author link. */
            '<span class="byline">%1$s<span class="screen-reader-text">%2$s</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%3$s">%4$s</a></span></span>',
            twentynineteen_get_icon_svg( 'person', 16 ),
            __( 'Posted by', 'twentynineteen' ),
            esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_author() )
        );
    }
endif;

remove all the content and save:

function twentynineteen_posted_by() {
}
endif;

Problem: When trying to upgrade WordPress to version 5.3.1. There are a message showing that the installation failed.

After googling the error message. I find out that it caused by a Google plugin.

Solution: In my case, it caused by the Chrome plugin problem; If you install some plugin that will block recourse or URL like AdBlock, Privacy Badger. please turn it off first, or use another browser to upgrade WordPress.