Changing author slug for a custom role without using plugin

I am trying to change author slug for a custom role. A role called trip_vendor is added by my plugin but I want to change the author slug only for this role. I have a function but this changes author slug for every roles so that the new url would be example/operator/user.

add_filter( 'init', array( $this, 'wpte_vendor_profile_url' ) );        
function wpte_vendor_profile_url()
{
        global $wp_rewrite;
        $author_slug = 'operator';
        $wp_rewrite->author_structure = '/' . $author_slug . '/%author%';
}

I tried as suggested here but with no help.

Any help would be more than appreciable.

I am trying to change author slug for a custom role. A role called trip_vendor is added by my plugin but I want to change the author slug only for this role. I have a function but this changes author slug for every roles so that the new url would be example/operator/user.

add_filter( 'init', array( $this, 'wpte_vendor_profile_url' ) );        
function wpte_vendor_profile_url()
{
        global $wp_rewrite;
        $author_slug = 'operator';
        $wp_rewrite->author_structure = '/' . $author_slug . '/%author%';
}

I tried as suggested here but with no help.

Any help would be more than appreciable.

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Sorted by: Reset to default 1

You can use add_permastruct() (with ep_mask set to EP_AUTHORS) to add the proper rewrite rules, and the author_link filter to set the proper author URL:

add_action( 'init', function(){
    add_permastruct( '%author_trip_vendor%', 'operator/%author%', [
        'ep_mask' => EP_AUTHORS,
    ] );
} );

add_filter( 'author_link', function( $link, $author_id, $author_nicename ){
    if ( user_can( $author_id, 'trip_vendor' ) ) {
        $link = '/operator/' . $author_nicename;
        $link = home_url( user_trailingslashit( $link ) );
    }
    return $link;
}, 10, 3 );

Don't forget to flush the rewrite rules — just visit the permalink settings page.

UPDATE

non-vendors profile are loaded on URL example/operator/admin and also on example/author/admin

You can fix it via one of these options:

1. Send a "404" header ("Page not found" error)

   add_action( 'parse_request', function( $wp ){
       if ( preg_match( '#^(author|operator)/([^/]+)#', $wp->request, $matches ) ) {
           $user = get_user_by( 'login', $matches[2] );
           if (
               ( 'author' === $matches[1] && $user && user_can( $user, 'trip_vendor' ) ) ||
               ( 'operator' === $matches[1] && $user && ! user_can( $user, 'trip_vendor' ) )
           ) {
               $wp->query_vars = ['error' => 404];
           }
       }
   } );
   

2. Redirect the user to the proper "operator" URL

   add_action( 'parse_request', function( $wp ){
       if ( preg_match( '#^(author|operator)/([^/]+)#', $wp->request, $matches ) ) {
           $user = get_user_by( 'login', $matches[2] );
           if (
               ( 'author' === $matches[1] && $user && user_can( $user, 'trip_vendor' ) ) ||
               ( 'operator' === $matches[1] && $user && ! user_can( $user, 'trip_vendor' ) )
           ) {
               $base = ( 'author' === $matches[1] ) ? 'operator' : 'author';
               wp_redirect( home_url( '/' . $base . '/' . $matches[2] ) );
               exit;
           }
       }
   } );