Title: Cannot Change Post Author
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot Change Post Author

 *  [whatachamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whatachamp/)
 * (@whatachamp)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/)
 * Hello,
    I’d like to change my Post Author from an Administrator to a new user
   I’ve set up a custom Role with Members for. I think I’ve ticked all the capabilities
   for this new Role but my user isn’t appearing in the Author dropdown.
 * The new user can enter new posts, I just can’t change posts to their name.
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/)

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 *  [byronj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byronj/)
 * (@byronj)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677311)
 * Has anyone had any luck with fixing this? I’m running into the same issue.
 *  [adshap8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adshap8/)
 * (@adshap8)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677330)
 * I love this plugin, but also have the same issue. The post author cannot be changed.
   I really wish there was a fix to this.
 *  Thread Starter [whatachamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whatachamp/)
 * (@whatachamp)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677331)
 * Hi,
    I found a way around it. For the user that I want to change the author to,
   I temporarily changed their access to one of the original WP roles, such as Editor.
   Then I went to hte post and that user was available to select from the Author
   drop down.
 * After that, I changed the user back to their customised Members role.
 * Would be great if Members could add the change author capability to the plugin’s
   options for new roles.
 *  [adshap8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adshap8/)
 * (@adshap8)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677332)
 * Whatachamp,
 * Thanks! That works perfectly!
 *  [archon810](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archon810/)
 * (@archon810)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677339)
 * Same issue here, though I think the problem is with WordPress core. Opened up
   this ticket to resolve it [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24985](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24985).
 *  [MFSAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mfsam/)
 * (@mfsam)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677340)
 * I have the same issue!
 * It is not just an issue for this plugin as I tested the ‘User Role Editor’ plugin
   which resulted in the same outcome.
 *  [byronj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byronj/)
 * (@byronj)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677345)
 * This might help anyone that doesn’t have success with Whatachamp’s solution on
   the first try.
 * whatachamp’s solution worked perfect for my “coach” role, but not for my “sub-
   admin” role. All users with the role “sub-admin” would not show in the list even
   after I completed whatachamp’s solution.
 * I finally found the cause of this was due to the User Level being set to 0. If
   I changed the User Level to any number between 1-10, whatachamp’s solution works.
   As a side note, once the User Level has been changed, any users created with 
   the custom role thereafter will always show in the drop down list.
 * I’m sure there are many different ways to change a role’s User Level, though 
   I used this plugin to switch it: [Capability Manager Enhanced](http://wordpress.org/plugins/capability-manager-enhanced/)
 * Does anyone have a solution to change the user level that does not require a 
   plugin?
 *  [parakeet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parakeet/)
 * (@parakeet)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677346)
 * This sounds crazy.
    I’m experiencing this. I have two authors with the same custom
   role and exactly the same capabilities but, at this point, I, as admin, can only
   create or reassign a post by/to one of them.
 * What gives?
 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677347)
 * See:
    [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16841](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16841)

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 * Last reply from: [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-post-author/#post-3677347)
 * Status: not resolved