Title: Author cannot be edited
Last modified: August 21, 2023

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# Author cannot be edited

 *  Resolved [thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/)
 * (@thecitadel)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-cannot-be-edited/)
 * For the second time now, one specific author cannot be edited in the Authors 
   settings pane. Trying to edit them just loads the Author list again and they’re
   the only ones without a checkbox next to their display pic for bulk actions.
 * Last time this happened I had to delete the entire author and transfer their 
   articles to a new user. But now that user also cannot be edited.
 * This is the URL given when click on their name: wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy
   =author (there is no edit author link at all under this user)
 * For an editable author it would look something like this: wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy
   =author&tag_ID=33&post_type=post
   On the default users pane, clicking edit user
   profile just takes you to this url: wp-admin/users.php
 * For a working, editable user (everyone else) the url is something like this: 
   wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=author&tag_ID=32&post_type=post
 * It appears they’re missing an ID. When I deactivate the Authors plugin, I get
   the ID back for this user (or it says something like wpadmin in the URL). Right
   now we’ve rebranded the site and can’t get the new logo to show up in the profile
   picture for this user unless thevAuthors plugin is deactivated. But when reactivated
   the old display pic comes back up.
 * Thanks!
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/)
 * (@rizaardiyanto)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-cannot-be-edited/#post-16994299)
 * Hi [@thecitadel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecitadel/)
 * Thanks for using PublishPress.
 * We never encounter such issue happened on our environment. Do you mind elaborating
   more about your setup?
    - PHP Version
    - WP Version
    - PublishPress Authors version
    - Did you see any errors in console?
 * Thanks,
 *  Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/)
 * (@rizaardiyanto)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-cannot-be-edited/#post-17005684)
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved.
   If you have any further questions, please reply again here, or you can start 
   a new thread.
 * Thanks,

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/publishpress-authors/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3391318)
 * [Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/)
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 * Last reply from: [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-cannot-be-edited/#post-17005684)
 * Status: resolved