Title: change author
Last modified: January 15, 2017

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# change author

 *  [ecn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecn/)
 * (@ecn)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-author-8/)
 * I have installed the Change Author plugin, however, it doesn’t give me the option
   on my Downloads (seemingly doesn’t account for custom post types). How can I 
   change the author for these? If not possible, how can I modify the shortcodes
   to not show the author or to show a different author name that I specify?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-author-8/#post-8659110)
 * Hi, can you provide more information regarding the change the author? What do
   you mean?
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [ecn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecn/)
 * (@ecn)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-author-8/#post-8660169)
 * When the downloads are created, they have an author attached to them. You can
   see the rendering here at this link [https://goo.gl/uu1IG7](https://goo.gl/uu1IG7)
   as an example. I need to reassign the downloads to another author, such as Admin
   or whichever. Using the Change Author plugin, I was able to do that on posts 
   in Quick Edit. The option did not appear in Downloads. Screenshot of the post
   Change Author option. In this case, I had somebody upload the files for downloads
   but now I need to assign those downloads to the right author.
    [https://snag.gy/bcBT8d.jpg](https://snag.gy/bcBT8d.jpg)
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-author-8/#post-8662953)
 * Hi, can you carry out a test. Can you disable all of your other plugins. Then
   test to see if the author is still displayed.

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