Title: Having Multiple Authors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Having Multiple Authors

 *  [Nedyken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nedyken/)
 * (@nedyken)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-multiple-authors/)
 * Hi I’m new to this whole thing I had 4 questions pretty much related to the same
   thing.
 * I’m setting up a blog of sorts on my website that will allow me (as Admin) and
   a few other writers add posts. First question is probably really easy:
 * #1 – What’s the difference between an “editor”, “author” or “contributor”? I 
   assume they have different priviledges, but I was having trouble finding out 
   what they were.
 * #2 – is it possibly to make it so that my additional writers have the capacity
   to publish new posts, but first I, as the Admin, need to approve it? That would
   prevent a mutiny on my website and such… you know?
 * #3 – Currently I pretty much have the default settings to the classic template.
   The new posts show up as “Filed under: “category” — “user” @ 6:07 pm “. How would
   I go about customizing that. Heres the main thing I want to do… I want it to 
   say “posted by: (user’s name)”, but I also want it to show a little icon (small.
   jpg or .gif) for each person who posts. That way my readers will quickly go “
   Oh… this has been posted by the dude with the googely eyeballs”. I’ve seen a 
   few really popular blogs that have multiple contributors and ive seen a lot of
   people sometimes confuse who actually posted what bulletin because they neglect
   to notice the tiny user name.
 * #4 – Sort of unrelated, but is it possible to create a category and have it NOT
   display on your main page? Example, I might have a side blog of sorts about eskimos
   and I don’t want it displaying on the “main” page. They can have their own little
   eskimo page all by their lonesome….
 * OK THANKS A BUNCH!! I really appreciate any help I can get on the above 4 questions.
   Sorry if I sound like a total newbie right now… Some of my questions don’t seem
   to be answered too clearly on the help pages.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-multiple-authors/#post-524593)
 * 1) [http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
 * 2) See above
 * 3) You might find this useful
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates)
   Ways to display the author [http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/Testing](http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/Testing)
 * 4) [http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Exclude_Posts_From_Some_Category](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Exclude_Posts_From_Some_Category)
 *  Thread Starter [Nedyken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nedyken/)
 * (@nedyken)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-multiple-authors/#post-524597)
 * Thanks for the links samboll! I’ll check them out right now. I just needed to
   be shoved in the right direction. You rule.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Nedyken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nedyken/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-multiple-authors/#post-524597)
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