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Change Author
This plugin lets you assign non-authors as post author.
The facts
- Rating
- 4★ from 12
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- May 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 4.8.30
- Downloads
- 40,629
Our analysis
AI-assistedChange Author is a WordPress plugin that allows you to assign articles to different authors without giving them publishing rights. It replaces the default author meta-box with one that lets you select any user from your site. This is useful for blogs or websites with multiple contributing authors where you want to credit them for their work without granting full access.
The plugin is suitable for site administrators who manage content from various contributors but want to maintain control over publishing. It helps in recognising authorship while keeping the publishing process streamlined.
Best for: Site administrators managing multiple authors who need to control publishing rights.
What it does well
- ✓Allows assignment of articles to any user
- ✓Maintains author credit without publishing rights
- ✓Easy to use for site administrators
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017
- •Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30
- •Limited information on additional features
Verdict
Change Author provides a straightforward solution for assigning authorship in WordPress. However, its age and limited updates may affect compatibility with newer versions of WordPress.
From the developer
Martin Teley's own description of Change Author, lightly tidied.
Do you have a blog/website with a lot of contributing authors but you do not want to give them the rights to publish
the articles themselves for whatever reason? In that case it would be nice when you are able to give them credit for
what they wrote anyway. Since WordPress cannot override the author with a non-author by default, this plugin overrides
the Author meta-box with a meta box that can select any user.
So whenever you want to place an article that was written by someone else, you just create a user with subscriber role
(if he/she hasn’t already) and assign the article to that user!
Tagged as
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Bookstore & Publishing
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