Title: Published By Problem
Last modified: November 1, 2019

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# Published By Problem

 *  [islandideas808](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islandideas808/)
 * (@islandideas808)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-by-problem/)
 * I’ve tried multiple CSS solutions and plugins but I cant seem to fix the problem
   of the “Published by %S that shows up on every post. Anyone know how to either
   remove it or present the actual author?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpublished-by-problem%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Anna Webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anna-webdesign/)
 * (@anna-webdesign)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-by-problem/#post-12087885)
 * Hello 🙂
 * What did you try in the CSS?
 * Does this work:
 *     ```
       .post-author {
           display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [geldner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geldner/)
 * (@geldner)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-by-problem/#post-12359244)
 * I have the same problem. I am the author yet WordPress displays “Published by%
   S” and not my name. How do I get this to work? Anna’s solution would probably
   just hide the author. I actually want the author name or nickname to show up.
 * Thought – Could the theme be doing this? Using Sports Club Lite.
 * EDIT – Yeah that’s the problem. The theme is doing something wonky.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [geldner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geldner/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [geldner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geldner/).
 *  [Anna Webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anna-webdesign/)
 * (@anna-webdesign)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-by-problem/#post-12368151)
 * Yes I think it is something in your theme to. In my theme it works just fine.
   I use a standard theme from WordPress. I looked up the code for the author and
   this is it in my theme:
 * `<a class="url fn n" href="%3$s">%4$s</a>`
 * I don’t know your theme, but maybe it is missing the 4$ in the middle?
 * In the template-tags.php I can change the code. I think it is a different file
   in you theme. If you have experience with FTP maybe you can try to search for:
 * `<div class="post-author"><i class="fas fa-user"></i>`
 * And try to change the code there. That is what I would try 😀
 * Good luck!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Anna Webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anna-webdesign/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-by-problem/#post-12368151)
 * Status: not resolved

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