Title: Contributor/admin/author etc… name missing from posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Contributor/admin/author etc… name missing from posts

 *  [maryr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maryr/)
 * (@maryr)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/)
 * i have tried several themes, so i think i have something turned off in my settings
   etc… but if someone, including me as the admin, posts anything, it lists the 
   published date, and the category, but doesn’t list the poster…. can anyone help
   me find this setting to activate?
 * thanks.
    mary

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872007)
 * Edit your theme and add a call to `the_author()` to display the author’s name.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout)
 *  Thread Starter [maryr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maryr/)
 * (@maryr)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872043)
 * is this something a layman can do? i have no idea which theme file or for that
   matter what code would accomplish this…. is wordpress more for a programmer? 
   is there an easier blogging tool… i can’t seem to accomplish what i want because
   i’m not a programmer and am getting weary of all the road blocks… end of rant.
   thanks for your time.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872051)
 * Yes, it is something a layman can do. I would hesitate to call this sort of thing“
   programming”. More like “web design”. Editing minor bits of PHP code is much 
   easier than real programming.
 * But, if you’re not wanting to edit and understand scripting languages, then yes,
   running WordPress on your own site is probably not for you.
 * Customizing any website means editing text code. Period. There is no other way
   to do it, no matter what system you use. The web is built on text, in the form
   of HTML and simple scripting languages. To build a custom site, either you do
   it, or you have somebody do it for you (and that probably involves paying them
   at some point). These are the facts of life.
 * I would suggest using a system like [WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com) instead,
   which doesn’t have this sort of customization. Alternately, Blogger is not difficult
   to use, although editing the themes there is (IMO) harder than doing it with 
   WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [maryr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maryr/)
 * (@maryr)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872158)
 * are there people out there that can hired for these types of tasks? i have a 
   couple minor things that i cannot fix and they drive me batty.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872163)
 * [http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro](http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro)–
   the mailing list
 * Also, read the [Forum Rules, F](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664?replies=6)
   about soliciting paid support.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contributoradminauthor-etc-name-missing-from-posts/#post-872163)
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