Change author?

#1 · January 9, 2019, 7:19 pm

Is there a way to change the author of a post? I have a situation where I have posted as the wrong user and I need to change the author so that I do not lose the content. I could try the band-aid of copying everything in to 1 post, but I hesitate to do that. Changing the author would be a million times better.

#2 · January 9, 2019, 7:28 pm

Hello @rob-asgaros

Changing the author is not possible because it brings the risk that moderators abuse such kind of functionality. For example moderators could easily create insulting posts and assign them to “unwanted users” to find some reason for banning them. Even when a functionality is never used in such a way, the sheer existence can lead to distrust inside a community.

If you really need to change the author of a post you have to adjust the author_id value of the corresponding post inside the wp_forum_posts table.

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#3 · May 30, 2019, 12:03 am

Hello, i somehow can’t find the file where the table is. Where can i find this file?

Thanks for creating a awesome plugin

EDIT: Nevermind.. found it.