Title: Issue with assigning users
Last modified: May 10, 2026

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# Issue with assigning users

 *  [Babak Fakhamzadeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastababa/)
 * (@mastababa)
 * [1 day, 13 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-assigning-users/)
 * I reported an almost identical problem last week. The problem has changed slightly,
   but seems very similar.
    1. When I create a new post, there is no author visible. There is no spinner that
       suggests the author is being picked up.
    2. I can search for an author and add them. They then show up as the only author.
    3. If I ‘Save draft’, the author disappears. If I ‘Publish’, the author is listed
       in the backend post-archive (as the only author), but picking up the (first)
       author in the frontend returns *me* as the author.
 * I have no errors in the console at any point.
 * Adjusting editors in the backend post-archive works without a problem.
 * CloudFlare is running, but does not cache backend requests.

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 * Last reply from: [Babak Fakhamzadeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastababa/)
 * Last activity: [1 day, 13 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-assigning-users/)
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