Title: Changing post author issue
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Changing post author issue

 *  Resolved [venntom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venntom/)
 * (@venntom)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-author-issue/)
 * When changing a post’s author, only the authors associated with WP default roles
   are listed. Authors with a custom/cloned roles created via the members plugin
   cannot be selected. Please advise.
    Rgds, Tom
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/)

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 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-author-issue/#post-6571940)
 * This is a core WordPress bug. See: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16841](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16841)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-author-issue/#post-6571940)
 * Status: resolved