Title: Changing Post Authors?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing Post Authors?

 *  Resolved [alittlereddress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlereddress/)
 * (@alittlereddress)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/)
 * Hi all,
 * Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on how to change a post author after
   the post has been initially published?
 * I’ve looked this issue up in Google and in these forums, but all of the fixes
   mention a drop down box option for ‘Author’ that I don’t seem to see/have. It’s
   not hiding in screen options. The only options I have there are the publish date[
   a tick box] and the number of posts to show on screen.
 * When I choose the bulk edit option the only items I can edit appear to be the
   categories associated with the post and the publishing status.
 * Cheers & thanks,
    K

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 *  [Jess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessn/)
 * (@jessn)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508010)
 * If you click on “Posts” to view a list of all posts, and then hover over the 
   post name and press “Quick Edit” do you see the drop down option for Post Author
   there?
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508011)
 * Are you signed in as administrator?
 *  Thread Starter [alittlereddress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlereddress/)
 * (@alittlereddress)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508013)
 * Hi jessn… nope! No ‘Author’ drop down. Just title, slug, date, password, categories
   and publish status.
 * Hi Bill…yes, I’m an administrator.
 * It’s all very frustrating! Thanks for your help.
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508016)
 * Dumb question, but there _are_ other users with author status, right?
 *  Thread Starter [alittlereddress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlereddress/)
 * (@alittlereddress)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508049)
 * Yes, Bill. 😉
    One has the role ‘Author’ and two others are ‘Administrator’. 
   I was logged in as myself (an Administrator) when I created some article posts
   for my manager…he has an account as Author and wrote the actual articles, so 
   I’d like to change the post author to his user name so he gets credit on the 
   live site. Does that make sense?
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508053)
 * Makes fine sense; had to check 😉
 * Strange that the author pull-down doesn’t show up on the quick-edit window but
   it sounds like everything else does. Have you installed a plugin that modifies
   or fine-tunes role scopes? I’m afraid I can’t think of anything helpful for you
   but I’m sure someone here will.
 *  Thread Starter [alittlereddress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alittlereddress/)
 * (@alittlereddress)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508058)
 * Understand…it’s most often simple things that cause the problems.
 * You’ve actually just thought of something very helpful…plugins. I don’t have 
   one installed that modifies roles, but I do have one that allows you to make 
   custom post types, **Custom Post Type UI**. There are special fields in this 
   that you can turn on or off and one of those is….ta da! Author.
 * So beware anyone using **Custom Post Type UI** you need to particularly select
   Author as a supported field under Advanced Options of the post type. By default
   this isn’t selected.
 * Thanks Bill, problem solved!
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-post-authors/#post-3508060)
 * Oh that’s great! Congrats on getting it worked out.

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