diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/config.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/config.toml
index fb68cc15bc..eb973455b5 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/config.toml
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ title = "Hugo Relearn Theme"
   images = ["images/hero.png"]
   editURL = "https://github.com/McShelby/hugo-theme-relearn/edit/main/exampleSite/content/"
   description = "Documentation for Hugo Relearn Theme"
-  author = "Sören Weber"
   showVisitedLinks = true
   collapsibleMenu = true
   disableBreadcrumb = false
@@ -233,6 +232,8 @@ title = "Hugo Relearn Theme"
   # security reasons
   mermaidInitialize = "{ \"securityLevel\": \"loose\" }"
   mermaidZoom = true
+  [params.author]
+    name = "Sören Weber"
   [params.siteparam.test]
     text = "A **nested** parameter <b>with</b> formatting"
   [params.imageEffects]
diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 47a9cdb4f9..855df30ae9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,45 @@
 {{- partialCached "page-meta.hugo" . .RelPermalink }}
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.email in favor of site.Params.author.email */}}
+{{- $authorEmail := "" }}
+{{- if and .Site.Params.author (reflect.IsMap .Site.Params.author) .Site.Params.author.email }}
+  {{- $authorEmail = .Site.Params.author.email }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with .Site.Author.email }}
+    {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.name in favor of site.Params.author.name */}}
+{{- $authorName := "" }}
+{{- if and .Site.Params.author (reflect.IsMap .Site.Params.author) .Site.Params.author.name }}
+  {{- $authorName = .Site.Params.author.name }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with .Site.Author.name }}
+    {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- $pages := .Page.Pages }}
-{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit -}}
-{{- if ge $limit 0 -}}
-  {{- $pages = $pages | first $limit -}}
+{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
+{{- if ge $limit 0 }}
+  {{- $pages = $pages | first $limit }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- $page := . }}
 {{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    <title>{{ if eq  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{.}} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
+    <title>{{ if eq .Title .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{ . }} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
     <link>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</link>
-    <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne .Title .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{ . }} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>{{ with .Site.LanguageCode }}
-    <language>{{.}}</language>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
-    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
-    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
-    <copyright>{{.}}</copyright>{{end}}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <language>{{ . }}</language>{{end}}{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <managingEditor>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</managingEditor>{{ end }}{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <webMaster>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</webMaster>{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{ . }}</copyright>{{ end }}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
     <lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
-    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" -}}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
     {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" ( partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true)) .MediaType | safeHTML }}
     {{- end -}}
     {{- range $pages }}
@@ -27,9 +49,7 @@
       <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
       <link>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</link>
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
-      {{- with .Site.Author.email }}
-      <author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>
-      {{- end }}
+      {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
       <guid>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</guid>
       <description>{{ .Summary | html }}</description>
     </item>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta.html b/layouts/partials/meta.html
index 74e50d6522..d9ae09921c 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta.html
@@ -14,8 +14,22 @@
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex">
     {{- end }}
     <meta name="description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
-    {{- with .Site.Params.author }}
-    <meta name="author" content="{{ . }}">
+    {{- $authorName := "" }}
+    {{- if .Site.Params.author }}
+      {{- if reflect.IsMap .Site.Params.author }}
+        {{- with .Site.Params.author.name }}
+          {{- $authorName = . }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- else }}
+        {{- warnf "According to Hugo 0.120.0 the author key in params configuration should now be a map and contain of name and email fields." }}
+        {{- $authorName = .Site.Params.author }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- else }}
+      {{- with .Site.Author.name }}
+        {{- $authorName = . }}
+        {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
+      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
+    <meta name="author" content="{{ $authorName }}">
     {{- partial "twitter_cards.html" . }}
     {{- partial "opengraph.html" . }}
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
index 47be47c567..046119d150 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
@@ -107,7 +107,19 @@
         {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Social.facebook_admin in favor of site.Params.social.facebook_admin */}}
+{{- $facebookAdmin := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.social.facebook_admin }}
+  {{- $facebookAdmin = . }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Social.facebook_admin }}
+    {{- $facebookAdmin = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The social key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.social.facebook_admin instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- /* Facebook Page Admin ID for Domain Insights */}}
-{{- with .Site.Social.facebook_admin }}
+{{- with $facebookAdmin }}
     <meta property="fb:admins" content="{{ . }}">
 {{- end }}
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html b/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
index 2d3266ce33..9a69d25ad5 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@
 {{- end }}
     <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ $title }}">
     <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
-{{- with .Site.Social.twitter }}
+
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Social.twitter in favor of site.Params.social.twitter */}}
+{{- $twitterSite := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.social.twitter }}
+  {{- $twitterSite = . }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Social.twitter }}
+    {{- $twitterSite = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The social key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.social.twitter instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- with $twitterSite }}
     <meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ . }}">
 {{- end }}
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