Title: Custom author
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom author

 *  [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/)
 * my website is [http://www.doyouknowwhatihate.com](http://www.doyouknowwhatihate.com)
 * Where it says submitted by, I’m looking for a plugin or anything to be able to
   add someone’s name easily after that for each individual post so it will say 
   something like Submitted by Rhonda or submitted by alex etc. Any help would be
   appreciated. Thanks

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146430)
 * Assuming there’s no plugin that would work, you could consider:
 * 1. Create those authors as users, then edit the Posts and make the post author
   one of those users.
    2. Use Tags or Categories 3. Use Custom Fields ([Using_Custom_Fields](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields))
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146541)
 * When I use the custom fields, I understand where and how to put the tags on the
   main index sheet, but how do i customize the author for each individual post 
   if the “key” is just a word, and so is the “value”? It seems like i’d need to
   have a tag there or something?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146543)
 * The ‘key’ could be “submitter” and the ‘value’ would then be the name of the 
   person who submitted the post.
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146546)
 * Then what would I have to change the index.php to?
 * curently it is:
 * <p class=”post-info”>Submitted by <?php the_author(); ?> | Filed under <?php 
   the_category(‘, ‘); ?></p>
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146552)
 * I got it! Thanks. How do I move my meta data next to my | Categories? Right now
   it’s just stayin at the top.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146560)
 * Look for `<?php the_category()'?>` That’s the template tag that creates the category
   list.
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146563)
 * hmmm. Thats what I have put in already, but It still puts the categories under
   the submitted by: [http://www.doyouknowwhatihate.com](http://www.doyouknowwhatihate.com)
 * heres my code:
 * <?php the_meta(); ?><p class=”post-info”> | Filed under <?php the_category(‘,‘);?
   ></p>
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146565)
 * Try `<p class="post-info"><?php the_meta(); ?> | Filed under <?php the_category(',');?
   ></p>`
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146566)
 * Nope, didn’t work. It stayed in the same spot :/
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146569)
 * Ah – I see what it is. You’re using the wrong tag. `the_meta()` returns an unordered
   list.
 * Try:
 *     ```
       <p class="post-info">
       <span class="post-meta-key">Submitted by:</span> <?php echo get_post_meta($post_id, 'submitter', true); ?> | Filed under <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>
       ```
   
 * (this assumes that you called the custom field “submitter”)
 * The other option would be to go back to use `the_meta()` but to format `the_category()`
   into an ordered list item. Then use css to turn the 2 bulleted list items into
   inline list items.
 *     ```
       <div class="post-info">
       <ul>
       <?php the_meta(); ?>
       <li> | Filed under <?php the_category(', '); ?></li>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * CSS:
 *     ```
       .postinfo ul,.postinfo li {
       display:inline;
       margin:0;
       padding:0;
       }
       .postinfo li {
       margin-right:7px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [bobbyavidity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbyavidity/)
 * (@bobbyavidity)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-author/#post-1146571)
 * The first method put the Submitted by: and Posted under on the same line, but
   now my custom field for each post doesn’t show up.

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