Title: Missing author names
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Missing author names

 *  Resolved [Laurence Anthony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixallus/)
 * (@pixallus)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-author-names/)
 * Hi,
    All members are exiting users. When a new post is created via email, some
   user’s display name is missing in the timestamp. I notice too that when this 
   happens, the category is being assigned to the previous default category rather
   than the current default category.
 * At first I thought is was something in the display name or perhaps a user role,
   but I havne’t been able to see a pattern. It’s seems like a random issue.
 * Any help is greatly appreciated.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Laurence Anthony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixallus/)
 * (@pixallus)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-author-names/#post-7065028)
 * also, I’m using current version of postie.
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-author-names/#post-7065173)
 * >some user’s display name is missing in the timestamp.
 * Postie doesn’t have anything to do with the this display, it is up to your theme.
   You can check to see if the correct author has been assigned in the posts admin
   panel.
 * > the category is being assigned to the previous default category rather than
   the current default category
 * Postie doesn’t keep track of previous default categories so something else is
   going on. See this for a possible explanation: [http://postieplugin.com/faq/override-post-categories/](http://postieplugin.com/faq/override-post-categories/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-author-names/#post-7065173)
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