Title: Selective anon posting
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Selective anon posting

 *  [mak_sim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mak_sim/)
 * (@mak_sim)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-anon-posting/)
 * I have a multi-author and usually author’s name is displayed along with a post.
   I’d like an author to have an option to post “anonymously”, i.e. have a checkbox
   or something on a “Write” page that would tell WP not to associate this post 
   with an author. Of course, it won’t be able to edit it later, etc.
 * Do something like that exist already? Should I roll my own hack?
 * If you wondering what the point of this “feature” it’s pretty simple – I have
   a community blog, and for some sensitive topics author may prefer anonimity in
   their postings.
 * Thanks if you read that far and hope you have a suggestion. 😉

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 *  [Marc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc/)
 * (@marc)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-anon-posting/#post-170263)
 * Not sure if there is a function to do what you need but…
 * Why not create a new “anonymous author” and give everyone access to it?
 *  Thread Starter [mak_sim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mak_sim/)
 * (@mak_sim)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-anon-posting/#post-170267)
 * “anonymous author” — that’s a good idea, thanks!
 * If there is no way to do it like I wanted originally, an “anonymous author” idea
   is a fine compromise.

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