Title: Assign Staff as Author for Total
Author: WPExplorer
Published: <strong>March 29, 2020</strong>
Last modified: July 16, 2026

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# Assign Staff as Author for Total

 By [WPExplorer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpexplorer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/assign-staff-as-author-for-total.2.1.2.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/#developers)

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## Description

Adds a new field to the post edit screen for all public post types so you can select
a “Staff Member” (a post from the staff custom post type) as the “author” of the
article to be displayed on the front-end. This will not actually change the author
of the post itself but simply change the name displayed on the front-end in the 
author bio and post meta sections.

Note: This plugin is intended to be used with the [Total Theme](https://totalwptheme.com/)
for WordPress and the Total Theme Core plugin which registers the Staff post type.
If you are using it with a different theme that has a built-in staff post type or
a different theme using a [custom post types plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-unlimited/)
to register the staff members, it may or may not work depending how the theme is
coded. This plugin hooks into the author_link, the_author and get_the_author_description
to make it’s changes.

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 1. Upload ‘assign-staff-as-author-for-total’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. You can now assign any post to a Staff Member so that they will appear as the author
    on the front-end

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Assign Staff as Author for Total” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ WPExplorer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpexplorer/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/),
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## Changelog

 * 2.1.2 =
 * Fixed PHP warning caused by invalid handling of avatar `extra_attr` values.

#### 2.1.1

 * Updated the tested up to version.

#### 2.1

 * Updated the admin column which displays the staff author so you can click it 
   to filter posts by that staff member.
 * Updated the tested up to version.

#### 2.0

 * Added support for assigning staff members as authors via quick edit.
 * Added bulk edit for easily assiging staff members as authors to multiple posts.
 * Added new settings page under Settings > Staff as Authors with a couple useful
   settings.
 * Added support for WPML.
 * Updated the Tested up to version.

#### 1.1

 * Updated plugin to hook into pre_get_avatar which attempts to display the staff
   member featured image instead of the author avatar so it can display the correct
   avatar in theme card styles.
 * Fixed display issues in Gutenberg editor.
 * Updated the save mechanism.

#### 1.0

 * First official release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.2**
 *  Last updated **1 month ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [custom author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-author/)[total theme](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/total-theme/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ WPExplorer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpexplorer/)

## Support

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