Assign staff members as the "author" for any page or post to be displayed in the post meta or author bio.
Alternatives to Change Author
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Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string
Customize author slug, user nicename, author archive, and custom slug URLs with full WordPress route control.
Change Author Basev1.0.3
Take control of your WordPress author URLs by customizing the default 'author' base to match your brand.
Default Post Authorv2.3.0
Easily set a default post author for new posts, pages and custom post types. Capability-aware, bulk update and WP-CLI support.
Simple Article Bylinev1.0.0
A lightweight plugin that allows editors to add a custom article author name displayed below the post title.
Posts To-Do Listv1.4.4
Share post ideas with writers, suggest them writing topics and keep track of the posts ideas with a to-do list.
An advanced, robust, modular security, SEO, and productivity toolkit. Mask vulnerable routes, duplicate pages/posts, harden environments, generate HTM …
WP Custom Author URLv2.1.0
Set a custom URL for your author name link, on a global or author-specific basis. Also redirects all author pages.