Title: WP Default Author
Author: Birgir Erlendsson (birgire)
Published: <strong>03 Otover 2013</strong>
Last modified: 03 Otover 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-default-author_808182.svg)

# WP Default Author

 By [Birgir Erlendsson (birgire)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-default-author.1.0.6.zip)

 * [Details](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/#installation)
 * [Development](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-default-author/)

## Description

This plugin allows blog admins to change the default author globally so that when
any user posts it appears under the same name.
 Admins and editors can also change
the default author for a single user. This setting takes precedence over the global
setting.

#### Source

The plugin is available at github: http://www.github.com/birgire/wp-default-author

#### Photo Credit

Plugin header picture is taken by Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson [ojsbug@gmail.com](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/ojsbug@gmail.com?output_format=md).
It’s taken at Hnífsdalur, Ísafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The global settings are under options-writing.php
 * [[
 * The settings for each user is under profile.php
 * [[
 * The user can always change the author of each post later on

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or use the 
    installer via backend of WordPress
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Default Author” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/)
 *   [ olijens ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/olijens/)

[Translate “WP Default Author” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-default-author)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-default-author/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-default-author/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-default-author/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-default-author/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.6

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.6**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.6.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[default author](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/default-author/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-default-author/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/)
 *   [ olijens ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/olijens/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-default-author/)