can I display name of author without creating a WP user account?

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    psegdelivers · Member ·

    I manage our company blog and I’ll have post sent to me but the authors don’t have or want to log in to WP to post. Is there a way I can display a byline on the homepage and post pages?
    THanks!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    No. You can type the name on the first line of a post in the body. Regardless of the theme, bylines will only display now if there are at least two authors who both have at least one published post in the blog. The workaround you can use for displaying an author byline on a single author blog is found here and will work only if the theme is deigned to display an author byline at all. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/03/wordpress-com-changes-bylines-for-authors/

    You can have either a public or a private blog and there is no limitation on the total number of contributors to any blog. If you’d like to invite others to publish posts or help approve comments on your blog, you can invite them to be a Contributor, Editor, or Author. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.

    To change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings

    See here please:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

    The person will have to register a username account which requires an email address only, but does not need to register a blog. That requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official users and allow access only to those with username accounts and official roles on the blog.

    They will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If they are logged into their WordPress.com account, they will be taken directly to your blog. If not, they will be taken to the log-in screen, where they can either log in or create a new user account.

    Note that users who create a new WordPress.com account at that point will still need to return to the invitation email and click the “Accept Invitation” button after doing so.

    Lastly, there is a built-in spammer prevention so send out only 10 invitations at one point in time and then wait and manage those before sending out 10 more.

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