author’s name

Glad to help. Here is how the “Registered Username” setting works:

When Registered Username is enabled:

• If the user is logged in, their registered username is used as the Post Author
• If the user is logged out, the setting “Assigned Author” is used as the Post Author

When Registered Username is disabled:

• The setting “Assigned Author” always is used as the Post Author for all users (whether logged in or not)

So with that in mind, to answer your question:

“I have to choose my name or a user’s name. What if they aren’t registered?”

Then WP has no way of knowing who they are, and the value of “Assigned Author” will be used as the Post Author.

And then this:

“I would want the actual author to have his/her name on the post. How do I do that?”

This will happen automatically IF the user is logged in AND the setting, “Registered Username” is enabled.

Also just FYI, I noticed that your USP form shortcode is wrapped with code tags. That’s why the fonts are all displayed as monospace instead of the default theme font.

I hope this is useful for you, let me know if I may provide any further infos.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Jeff Starr. Reason: formatting

It can happen when copy/pasting shortcodes using the WP RTE. Just go to the post or page that includes the shortcode and make sure it is not wrapped with code tags. You’ll need to view using the Plain Text editor in order for the actual tags to be visible.