How do I get my name to appear next to my post title such as Words by JC

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  nimbus432 · Member · Feb 1, 2015 at 4:17 pm

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  How do i get my name in my published post

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  timethief · Member · Feb 1, 2015 at 4:47 pm

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  Hi there,
  Whether or not a byline appears is theme dependent. Some themes do not provide bylines at all. Themes that do provide bylines require the person to be an actual official author of the blog. Regardless of the theme, and provided the theme is designed to display a byline, bylines will only display now if there are at least two authors who are official users of the blog and both have at least one published post in the blog.

  For a single author workaround for a byline display see here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/03/wordpress-com-changes-bylines-for-authors/

  For a list of themes that do or do not display author bylines and/or author profiles see > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/author-displayed-or-not/ The wpbtips post lists themes created up to December 2011. There is a newer post that lists themes created from January 2012 through July 2014: http://danielgreene.com/2014/07/20/blog-2014-free-wordpress-themes-that-show-author-bylines/

  Aside from switching themes there are some ways you can approach giving credit to multiple authors.

  (1) Create a category for Authors and subcategories for each author by their name. Then readers can click the name and locate all posts authored by any given author.

  (2) Use the Authors widget http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/authors-widget/

  (2) Have each author type their byline: eg. by John Doe at the top of their post.