Title: Multiple Authors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Multiple Authors

 *  [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike/)
 * (@mike)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/)
 * I manage a MT blog with 55 authors. With nearly 5000 entries, the site and its
   occasional rebuilding is becoming burdensome. Moreover, I love WP and use it 
   for my [blog](http://foranewliberty.com/blog/) and my newer [photolog](http://foranewliberty.com/thirds/).
   
   Would WP handle 55+ authors? If so, how the heck would I set that up? Thanks!

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 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/#post-50596)
 * Mike,
    Go into your Admin Panel, and select USERS and create all the accounts
   you want. I can see no reason why you couldn’t have 55+ authors. Give it a whirl
   and let us know how it goes!
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/#post-50606)
 * mike, the new import-mt.php script that ships with 1.2 beta/delta can help you
   create all the 55+ users in wordpress, or even “map” some of those users to other
   users that you specify. All you have to do is export your mt entries and then
   import them using the importer.
 *  [tekman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekman/)
 * (@tekman)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/#post-51650)
 * I am using the latest version, 1.5.3 and I can NOT authorize any ‘authors’. If
   I do what you say above, all I can do is just manually register a person, with
   no author rights, there is no nothing for me to give them author rights. I want
   to be able to list people I know that do writing, which is very important for
   blogs, to be able to ‘start’ an ‘article’ and post it themselves. Only me, the
   admin, is an author. Your above “Go into your Admin Panel, and select USERS and
   create all the accounts you want. I can see no reason why you couldn’t have 55
   + authors. Give it a whirl and let us know how it goes!” does not work. I like
   WP, but I will have to give it some strong thought about using it if I can’t 
   give anyone the same authorship I have instead of ‘comment’ rights. What say 
   you?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/#post-51651)
 * TekMan, under Users > Authors & Users, each listing under Registered Users should
   have a Promote link. Those listed under Authors should display + & – links on
   either side of the level # (for promoting/demoting to other levels).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-authors/#post-51651)
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