Author dropdown and custom roles

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Problem: I would like to add Users in a custom role "Members" to the author select field in the post editor screen.

Solution: Add custom code to your child theme's functions.php file:

function wpdocs_add_members_to_dropdown( $query_args, $r ) {
 
    $query_args['role'] = array('member');
 
    // Unset the 'who' as this defaults to the 'author' role
    unset( $query_args['who'] );
 
    return $query_args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', 'wpdocs_add_members_to_dropdown', 10, 2 );

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Last updated by helenmaryC 6 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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August 13, 2018 at 4:07 pm #1081510

helenmaryC

In WordPress, users with roles of Author, Editor, and Admin appear in the Author dropdown box on posts and custom post types. I would also like for users assigned to my custom role of Member to be shown in the Author dropdown.

I have set the capabilities for Member to include edit_posts, edit_published_posts, publish_posts, and read, mimicking the capabilities of the Author role, but I still can't see Members in the dropdown. Is there another setting I need to make, or is this something that has to be done with code?

Thanks.

August 13, 2018 at 4:43 pm #1081528

Christian Cox

Hi, you can add some custom code to your child theme's functions.php file to add Members to this dropdown:

function wpdocs_add_members_to_dropdown( $query_args, $r ) {

    $query_args['role'] = array('member');

    // Unset the 'who' as this defaults to the 'author' role
    unset( $query_args['who'] );

    return $query_args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', 'wpdocs_add_members_to_dropdown', 10, 2 );

August 13, 2018 at 9:47 pm #1081714

helenmaryC

Worked like a charm! Thanks for your help.