[Resolved] Cannot change author to custom user in post

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[jillT]

I have a custom user, Breed Note Writer, who can submit a custom post, Breed Notes, using a cred form.

So far I have submitted posts on their behalf and changed the author on the post to them.

I then finalised setting up Access Control by setting up a post group so if user does not have permission to post they go to a specific page.

Since doing that the Breed Note Writers do not appear in the author drop down box any more, so I am unable to allocate the post to them.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - the wp-admin access details you shared with us is not working at this end. Could you please send us working wp-admin access details.

Aa I understand you are talking about the post author meta box where you would like to display users with the specific role - correct? If no - could you please share post link with all related details where and which users you would like to display. Few screenshots will be helpful to understand your issue.

[jillT]

Yes. When I submit a Breed Note (custom post type) I need to change the author to one of the other users with the role of Breed Note Writer.

For instance, I posted hidden link
So I am shown as the Author. However, I need to set the author as dandiedinmont. The list of all users used to be in the author box, but since working on Access they are no longer there

[Minesh]

Well - you can use the post author argument WP hook: "wp_dropdown_users_args"

I've added following code to your current theme's functions.php file:

add_filter('wp_dropdown_users_args', 'assign_any_users_author_box_func', 10, 2);
function assign_any_users_author_box_func($query_args, $r){
    $query_arg['who'] = 'any';
    return $query_arg;
}

As you can see I've assigned "any" value to argument 'who' - that means it will dispaly ALL users with author dropdown. You can adjust the 'who' argument accordingly.

More info:
=> https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_dropdown_users_args/

[jillT]

Thank you, it is indeed now working once again.

However, I am intrigued as to why it broke in the first place. As I mentioned, it was working perfectly without the need for a hook prior to setting up Access Control

[Minesh]

Yes it must be Access. - I did not check your access settings but Access must be overriding the things as you have activated Access and setup permissions accordingly.