acf/schema/auto_add_author

Documentation Filters acf/schema/auto_add_author

Last updated Mar 30, 2026

Overview

Control whether to automatically add author information to JSON-LD output.

Description

By default, ACF automatically includes the post author in the JSON-LD output as a Person object with name and URL. This filter allows you to disable this behavior for specific posts or post types.

Changelog

• Added in version 6.8.0

Parameters

apply_filters( 'acf/schema/auto_add_author', $add_author, $post, $post_type );

• $add_author (bool) Whether to add the author. Default: true
• $post (WP_Post) The post object
• $post_type (string) The post type name

Return

(bool) Whether to add author information to JSON-LD output.

Example

This example disables auto author for pages.

/**
 * Disable auto author for pages.
 *
 * @param bool    $add_author Whether to add author.
 * @param WP_Post $post       The post object.
 * @param string  $post_type  The post type.
 * @return bool Whether to add author.
 */
function my_acf_schema_disable_page_author( $add_author, $post, $post_type ) {
    if ( $post_type === 'page' ) {
        return false;
    }
    return $add_author;
}
add_filter( 'acf/schema/auto_add_author', 'my_acf_schema_disable_page_author', 10, 3 );

This example disables auto author when using a custom author ACF field.

/**
 * Disable auto author when custom author field exists.
 *
 * @param bool    $add_author Whether to add author.
 * @param WP_Post $post       The post object.
 * @param string  $post_type  The post type.
 * @return bool Whether to add author.
 */
function my_acf_schema_custom_author_field( $add_author, $post, $post_type ) {
    // If we have a custom author field mapped, don't add the auto author
    $custom_author = get_field( 'article_author', $post->ID );
    if ( $custom_author ) {
        return false;
    }
    return $add_author;
}
add_filter( 'acf/schema/auto_add_author', 'my_acf_schema_custom_author_field', 10, 3 );

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