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Overwrite Author Name

Overwrite Author to a consistent name when publishing a post.

By Justin Fletcher·Author·Free
5(2 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Overwrite Author Name is a WordPress author plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Edit Author Slug.

5/52 reviews
200active installs
6.7K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Are you currently giving multiple users the same login details?

‘Overwrite Author Name’ is a plugin to ensure when publishing a post the author name will be replaced. This allows the site to have a consistent/clean authorship and protects individual users from leaving their user-name as author. This is important as users can then login with their own user-name/password using capabilities allocated, however the published content will have a corporate author name against site content.

For increased security the user account used for the corporate identity should also be given minimal access to the site (e.g. the Subscriber role only). In this way should someone crack the public facing account password, using the user name, they will only gain subscriber access.

supports standa…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Changelog

Change log is maintained on the plugin website

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Contributors

keycapabilitykeycapabilityJustin FletcherJustin Fletcher
Plugin Info
Version
2.1
Last Updated
Sep 24, 2024
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
6.7K+
Added
Nov 29, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

authorenforcepublishoverwrite

Developer

J
Justin Fletcher
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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