Answer to question http://www.question2answer.org/qa/38805/how-to-delete-users-links-everywhere-but-keep-users-name

qa-theme.php

function stripAnchors($text) {
	return preg_replace("/<a.*?>(.*?)?<\/a>/im", "$1", $text);
}

function post_meta($post, $class, $prefix=null, $separator='<br/>') {
	$this->output('<span class="'.$class.'-meta">');

	if (isset($prefix))
		$this->output($prefix);

	$order=explode('^', @$post['meta_order']);

	foreach ($order as $element)
		switch ($element) {
			case 'what':
				if (isset($post['what']['data'])) {
					$post['what']['data'] = $this->stripAnchors($post['what']['data']);
					unset($post['what_url']);
				}
				$this->post_meta_what($post, $class);
				break;

			case 'when':
				$this->post_meta_when($post, $class);
				break;

			case 'where':
				$this->post_meta_where($post, $class);
				break;

			case 'who':
				if (isset($post['who']['data'])) {
					$post['who']['data'] = $this->stripAnchors($post['who']['data']);
				}
				$this->post_meta_who($post, $class);
				break;
		}

	$this->post_meta_flags($post, $class);

	if (!empty($post['what_2'])) {
		$this->output($separator);

		foreach ($order as $element)
			switch ($element) {
				case 'what':
					if (isset($post['what_2']['data'])) {
						$post['what_2']['data'] = $this->stripAnchors($post['what_2']['data']);
					}
					$this->output('<span class="'.$class.'-what">'.$post['what_2'].'</span>');
					break;

				case 'when':
					$this->output_split(@$post['when_2'], $class.'-when');
					break;

				case 'who':
					if (isset($post['who_2']['data'])) {
						$post['who_2']['data'] = $this->stripAnchors($post['who_2']['data']);
					}
					$this->output_split(@$post['who_2'], $class.'-who');
					break;
			}
	}

	$this->output('</span>');
}

function post_avatar($post, $class, $prefix=null) {
	if (isset($post['avatar'])) {
		$post['avatar'] = $this->stripAnchors($post['avatar']);
	}
	qa_html_theme_base::post_avatar($post, $class, $prefix);
}

function ranking_label($item, $class) {
	if ($this->template === 'users' && isset($item['label'])) {
		$item['label'] = $this->stripAnchors($item['label']);
	}
	qa_html_theme_base::ranking_label($item, $class);
}