Title: Bulk author change
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Bulk author change

 *  [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-author-change/)
 * Hello,
 *  I imported my old blog from blogspot to wordpress using the import xml function.
   Everything has come across perfectly, except I need to update my old comments
   which have my old blogspot username to my new wordpress username.
 *  I have 157 posts, how would I go about doing a bulk update?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-author-change/#post-3049758)
 * You can use the ‘Bulk Actions’ choice on the listing of ‘All Posts’:
    - Go to Admin->Posts->All Posts.
    - Click ‘Screen Options’ at the top right.
    - Change the number of Posts to 50 and click ‘Apply’.
    - Click the box next to ‘Title’ above the posts listing to select all Posts 
      on the page.
    - Change the ‘Bulk Actions’ selection to ‘Edit’.
    - Click ‘Apply’.
    - In the ‘Bulk Edit’ panel that appears, select the new Author from the dropdown
      list.
    - Click ‘Update’.
 * Repeat for the remaining pages.
 * You might be able to use 160 for the number of Posts, but too high a number will
   cause a timeout. 50 should be safe.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-author-change/#post-3049758)
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