diff --git a/layouts/index.json b/layouts/index.json
index 4e9f95d7..50ff9ce8 100644
--- a/layouts/index.json
+++ b/layouts/index.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         {{- if gt $authorLen 0 -}}
           {{- $authors = slice -}}
             {{- range $k, $v := .Params.authors -}}
-              {{- $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" (urlize $v)) -}}
+              {{- $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" (anchorize $v)) -}}
               {{- $person_page := site.GetPage $person_page_path -}}
               {{- if and $person_page $person_page.File -}}
                 {{- $person := $person_page.Params -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
index 2c4b4896..06ed3b3a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   {{ $author_username = $page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username" }}
 {{ else if $page.Params.authors }}
   {{ $author = index $page.Params.authors 0 }}
-  {{ $author_username = urlize $author }}
+  {{ $author_username = anchorize $author }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page_author.html b/layouts/partials/page_author.html
index d1307369..18c70297 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page_author.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page_author.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   {{ if .Params.authors }}
     {{ $first_author = index .Params.authors 0 }}
   {{ end }}
-  {{ $author_urlized = urlize $first_author }}
+  {{ $author_urlized = anchorize $first_author }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ $site_type := site.Params.site_type | default "Person" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
index be5cfd52..d9e8d537 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{ with .Param $taxonomy }}
   {{ $link_authors := site.Params.link_authors | default true }}
   {{ range $index, $value := . }}
-    {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy (. | urlize)) -}}
+    {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy (. | anchorize)) -}}
     {{- $name := $profile_page.Params.name | default ($value|markdownify) -}}
     {{- if gt $index 0 }}, {{ end -}}
     <span>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html b/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
index 50bd1b42..f470de97 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   {{ $author = $page.Params.author }}
 {{end}}
 
-{{ $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" (urlize $author)) }}
+{{ $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" (anchorize $author)) }}
 {{ $person_page := site.GetPage $person_page_path }}
 {{ if not $person_page }}
   {{ errorf "Could not find an author page at `%s`. Please check the value of `author` in your About widget and create an associated author page if one does not already exist. See https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/#about " $person_page_path }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/mention.html b/layouts/shortcodes/mention.html
index 3eb5e02b..1ac54108 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/mention.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/mention.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- $username := .Get 0 -}}
-{{- $username_url := $username | urlize -}}
+{{- $username_url := $username | anchorize -}}
 {{- $taxonomy := "authors" -}}
 {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy $username_url) -}}
 {{- $name := $profile_page.Params.name | default ($username|markdownify) -}}