{"id":343,"date":"2018-03-24T02:43:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/?p=343"},"modified":"2018-08-24T03:24:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T03:24:05","slug":"edit-the-original-author-and-co-authors-of-a-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/writing\/edit-the-original-author-and-co-authors-of-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Edit the original author and co-authors of a post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, WordPress only allows to assign a post to one author. When working with Fallsky theme, you can add additional authors (co-authors) to a post.<\/p>\n<p>So, there are 2 types of authors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>original author<\/strong> of the post, or the <strong>lead author<\/strong> when there are multiple authors;<\/li>\n<li>The other authors\/contributors, as the <strong>co-authors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h5>Edit the original author<\/h5>\n<p>When editing a post, you can change the original author. In the WordPress Editor, click on <strong>Screen Options<\/strong> in the top right, and then check the box next to &#8220;<strong>Author<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2540\" height=\"758\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option.png 2540w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-1024x306.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-360x107.png 360w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-480x143.png 480w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-720x215.png 720w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-960x286.png 960w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-1440x430.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/display-author-option-1200x358.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you check that box, you should see a new <strong>&#8220;Author&#8221;<\/strong> section appear below the WordPress Editor box. To change the original author of the post, please select a new author from the dropdown list, and then <strong>update<\/strong> the post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2546\" height=\"680\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author.png 2546w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-360x96.png 360w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-480x128.png 480w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-720x192.png 720w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-960x256.png 960w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-1440x385.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/change-post-author-1200x321.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2546px) 100vw, 2546px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #eee; padding: 24px; margin-bottom: 40px;\">\nYou may like to read this article to know more information about &#8220;Change the Author in WordPress&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-change-author-in-wordpress\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kinsta.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-change-author-in-wordpress\/<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h5>Edit the co-authors<\/h5>\n<p>If there are more than one user in your WordPress website, you can add additional authors to a post.<\/p>\n<p>When editing a post, you should see the &#8220;<strong>Fallsky Single Post Options<\/strong>&#8221; section below the WordPress Editor box. In this section, there will display the &#8220;<strong>Add Co-author(s)<\/strong>&#8221; option: it shows all users (except the original author of the post) in this website. <\/p>\n<p>You can add one co-author by selecting the user name. Please hold the CTRL key (PC) or COMMAND key (Mac) to select multiple co-authors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1594\" height=\"1006\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author.png 1594w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-360x227.png 360w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-480x303.png 480w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-720x454.png 720w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-960x606.png 960w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-1440x909.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.loftocean.com\/fallsky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/add-co-author-1200x757.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1594px) 100vw, 1594px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5>The Order of Author Names<\/h5>\n<p>Currently, we list all author names alphabetically. We will add more options in future updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, WordPress only allows to assign a post to one author. When working with Fallsky theme, you can add additional authors (co-authors) to a post. So, there are 2 types of authors: The original author of the post, or the lead author when there are multiple authors; The other authors\/contributors, as the co-authors. 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