[Resolved] Not able to change Author

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[danB-8]

I am trying to: Change the author or a directory listing.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: Backend

I expected to see: Ability to change author for a listing

Instead, I got: field is not available for a listing or when doing a quick edit from the all items page.

[Shane]

HI Dan,

Thank you for getting in touch.

In order for the author setting to appear here you will need to enable Author under you custom post type settings.

Go to Toolset->Post Type and edit your custom post type. Under the section "Sections to display when editing" enable Authors and hit save.

Once you've done this the option to change the author should now appear.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[danB-8]

Is there a way to allow subscribers to be assigned as the Author?

[Shane]

Hi Dan,

Unforutnately no this is not possible to do as wordpress by design doesn't allow subscribers to be authors.

Only by the way of custom code this can be done.

What you can do is to have a look at the article below from one of our colleagues.
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/cannot-assign-a-subscriber-as-the-author-of-a-custom-post/#post-381143

As this is custom code my assistance here will be limited.

Thanks,
Shane

[danB-8]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!