Change Post Author

If you have some posts that are still stuck with the “admin” user, but you’d like to make yourself or someone else the author, here’s how. You can do them one at a time or use the Bulk Actions for posts or pages and change multiple authors at the same time.

Bradley Charbonneau2013-01-14T10:45:54+01:00

About the Author: Bradley Charbonneau

I've done the big corporate thing. I've done the creative writer thing. Now I'm happily in the middle. I like to help small businesses who are interested in "working their website before their website works them." I'm also interested in creating beautiful sites with powerful WordPress themes. Google+

13 Comments

brandon September 12, 2013 at 7:54 pm

Hey Bradley,

Thanks for the great video! I’m on a project and this came in handy. Do you have any idea how I can make it so a single author can post as multiple authors? Perhaps by creating a super admin?
- Bradley Charbonneau September 13, 2013 at 10:55 am
  
  Thanks, Brandon. If you how can, say, “admin” post as John Doe for one post and then as Barry Blogger the next post, admin can just set up the post and then change the author manually. Or maybe you mean how can a post be attributed to multiple authors? If that’s the case, I haven’t used it but I’ve heard a plugin called Co-Authors Plus.
aubrey October 15, 2013 at 7:23 pm

Hi Bradley,

Your tutorial’s very helpful. I noticed it’s for registered users. Is there also a way where you can change the author to those sent by non-registered users? They submit a post without registering but when I approved their post “By” is shown as admin.

Thank you very much.
- Bradley Charbonneau October 15, 2013 at 10:18 pm
  
  Hi Aubrey,
  I don’t think this post is for registered users … at least it’s not now. Although I’m toying with the idea of making this whole site for registered users soon.
  
  Hmm, I see what you mean. I guess you could create a new user called something like “Guest Poster” or “Guest Writer” and have that user be the default user who’s used when a new post comes in from non-registered users. Is that what you’re looking for? Hope that was helpful.
  - aubrey October 16, 2013 at 1:07 am
    
    Hi Bradley,
    
    Yes the suggestion for “guest writer” is awesome. Haven’t thought of it :)
    
    Again, many thanks.
charles st paul mn December 10, 2013 at 8:43 am

Many thanks Bradley Charbonneau. Even wordpress.org did not have the right solution. You’re my WP hero of the day!
- Bradley Charbonneau December 12, 2013 at 10:46 am
  
  Glad to hear it, Charles!
Michael June 17, 2014 at 9:36 pm

I truly like this post. I was looking how to change author. I didn’t have any idea. No, I followed your explanation and everything is how it should be.

Thank you so much for your time creating the VDO

Michael
- Bradley Charbonneau June 20, 2014 at 1:41 pm
  
  Glad it was of help!
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Free WPTP May 8, 2015 at 11:40 pm

Nice tutorial. It’s very helpful :)

We have also written a bit in depth tutorial about bulk editing Posts and Pages in WordPress here http://freewptp.com/tutorials/bulk-edit-wordpress-posts-and-pages/
Jamie Rockers January 9, 2018 at 3:52 am

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Thank you