Disable configuration option 'site.author'

_config.yml

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ description: >-                        # used by seo meta and the atom feed
 # fill in the protocol & hostname for your site, e.g., 'https://username.github.io'
 url: ''
 
-author: your_full_name                  # change to your full name
-
 github:
   username: github_username             # change to your github username
 
@@ -36,7 +34,9 @@ twitter:
   username: twitter_username            # change to your twitter username
 
 social:
-  name: your_full_name                  # it will shows as the copyright owner in Footer
+  # Change to your full name.
+  # It will be displayed as the default author of the posts and the copyright owner in the Footer
+  name: your_full_name
   email: example@doamin.com             # change to your email address
   links:
     # The first element serves as the copyright owner's link

_layouts/post.html

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ layout: default
         <!-- Published date and author -->
         <div>
           <span class="semi-bold">
-            {{ page.author | default: site.author }}
+            {{ page.author | default: site.social.name }}
           </span>
           {% include timeago.html date=page.date prep="on" tooltip=true %}
         </div>

feed.xml

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ layout: compress
   <subtitle>{{ site.description }}</subtitle>
   <updated>{{ site.time | date_to_xmlschema }}</updated>
   <author>
-    <name>{{ site.author }}</name>
+    <name>{{ site.social.name }}</name>
     <uri>{{ "/" | absolute_url }}</uri>
   </author>
   <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="{{ page.url | absolute_url }}"/>
   <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="{{ site.lang | default: 'en' }}"
     href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}"/>
   <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="{{ jekyll.version }}">Jekyll</generator>
-  <rights> © {{ 'now' | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.author }} </rights>
+  <rights> © {{ 'now' | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.social.name }} </rights>
   <icon>{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon>
   <logo>{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo>
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ layout: compress
     <id>{{ post_absolute_url }}</id>
     <content src="{{ post_absolute_url }}" />
     <author>
-      <name>{{ site.author }}</name>
+      <name>{{ site.social.name }}</name>
     </author>
 
   {% if post.categories %}