Title: Change Doc Author
Last modified: July 2, 2018

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# Change Doc Author

 *  [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/)
 * Hi guys!
 * Is there any way to change the author of the doc? I need login as admin and add
   a doc to a user.
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458159)
 * Hi @b0zar-
 * Sure, you can change the author of the doc. The easiest way would be to do it
   from the WP Admin dashboard. If the “Author” box isn’t visible when you’re editing
   a doc, click the “Screen Options” tab in the top right and enable it.
 * -David
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458184)
 * Hi David,
 * It seems to be impossible to change user if the doc was created by admin [http://prntscr.com/k20hzx](http://prntscr.com/k20hzx)
   what about some PHP solution?
 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458210)
 * On my installation, the “author” box populates with all available users (including
   those who haven’t written a post yet). You’ll need to create the other users 
   first, of course, but it should work just fine, unless some other plugin is changing
   the behavior of that drop down.
 * Otherwise, you can always use `wp_update_post()` for small changes like this:
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post)
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458214)
 * David,
 * Yes, users are there, I created a doc as Admin with administrator role and was
   trying to assign it to Subscriber. Can you check that?
 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458224)
 * Yes, it works as expected for me. As an admin, I can reassign my posts to other
   users.
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458229)
 * How bizarre! Okay, will check on another fresh install.
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458243)
 * Nope, doesn’t help. Can you check that on my server?
 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458382)
 * Sorry, no. You’ll have to troubleshoot your server. (That’s part of the fun of
   running your own WP host.)
 * Usually, the best way to troubleshoot is to turn off plugins (and use a standard
   theme like TwentySeventeen) until the behavior changes. Then you know where the
   conflict is.
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458389)
 * Okay, but I already checked with the default theme and without plugins.
 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458423)
 * Assuming you’re logged in as a site admin, it should work.
 * You can always use `wp_update_post()` as I suggested above if you don’t want 
   to troubleshoot the WP Admin. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [b0zar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b0zar/)
 * (@b0zar)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-doc-author/#post-10458487)
 * Works with wp_update_post() but this doc doesn’t appear in docs main list, but
   it appears in profile, why? 🙂

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