How to Change Author Posts URL

You can accomplish this with the following rewrite rule ( you’ll want to add this in your functions.php 

add_rewrite_rule(
    'author/([0-9]+)/?$',
    'index.php?author=$matches[1]',
    'top'
);

Be aware that you might need to flush your rules for it to become active. You can do this with rewrite plugin.

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