Co-Author Plug-In

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  stefferber · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 8:50 pm

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  We have multiple authors for a single post (one, two or three authors). There are multiple-plug ins for this like “Co-Author Plus” or “Co-Authors” (http://smashinghub.com/15-free-wordpress-plugins-for-multi-author-blogs.htm)
  Right now we create a user for each combination which is strange if you have more then two co-authors!
  Blog url: http://2renaissance.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 8:52 pm

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  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot intsall plugins, upload third-party themes or edit templates or themes. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that changes anything stated here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ and restated again here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading and restated again here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 8:55 pm

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  Why don’t you just make each author’s name a Category and then be sure to categorize posts correctly? THen you can make a Text Widget which links to each author’s feed.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 8:57 pm

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  Note 1: 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. There’s a work-around for single Author bloggers who do wish to have a byline display on their posts.

  Note 2: Only some themes display an Author profile derived from the About You information on this page > Users > My Profile http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/author-displayed-or-not/

  This post may be helpful > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/03/06/multi-author-wordpress-com-blogs/

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  stefferber · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 9:01 pm

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  To “timethif”: Thank you for repeating all the information I have read over the last two hours…

  Thanks “raincoaster” this will work.
  Anyway. To misuse the concept of categories for this simple thing of multiple authors…

  This is a request to put this simple feature into WordPress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 9:03 pm

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  Then that goes in the Ideas forum, so I will flag this for a moderator to move it there.

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  stefferber · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 9:06 pm

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  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 9:08 pm

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  @stefferber
  I had no idea that you had visited my popular multiauthor Post. Thanks for the visit. :)

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  davblayn · Member · Sep 5, 2012 at 1:36 am

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  I have to agree that multiple authors would be useful, but plugins cannot be installed using WordPress.com

  If you want a more advanced installation, use a self-hosted WordPress.org installation.