Adding a byline

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  sconer · Member · Apr 19, 2015 at 9:50 pm

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  Hey folks! Losing my mind here. I’m a novice trying to do a really simple thing: Add a byline, or “Posted By” field. How do I do that? Can’t figure it out. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 19, 2015 at 9:53 pm

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  There is an author provided on your theme
  Getting Ready For Poland
  April 19, 2015 ~ Scott Cohen
  http://acharai2015.com/author/sconer/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 19, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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  P.S. We cannot “add fields” to WordPress.com blogs.

  In reference to those themes that do display author bylines there must be at least two authors who have both published a post in the blog for the author bylines to display.

  In reference to those themes that do NOT display author bylines for a Work-around for single Author bloggers who do wish to have a byline display on their posts see: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/03/wordpress-com-changes-bylines-for-authors/

  This may also be helpful if you have multple authors http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/03/06/multi-author-wordpress-com-blogs/