Removing bylines or having the ability to write it in myself

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  macnewslettereditor · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 4:31 pm

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  This is so basic, I must not be looking properly for the answer: I want to remove bylines from my theme, or at least have the ability to change the byline without having writer log into WordPress. I’m using the Newsworthy theme.

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 4:55 pm

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  The point of displaying an author name is to differentiate the posts on an multi-author site. Regardless of the theme, and provided the theme is designed to display an author byline, 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 single author workaround here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/03/wordpress-com-changes-bylines-for-authors/

  If that theme is not designed to display and author byline then you will have to choose another that is designed to display one.

  For some tips on Multi-Author WordPress.com Blogs see http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/03/06/multi-author-wordpress-com-blogs/

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 4:56 pm

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  P.S. Any author could, of course, type a byline into the top line of their posts.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 4:58 pm

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  Yikes! I said the reverse above. I meant to type:
  If that theme is designed to display an author byline then you will have to choose another that is NOT designed to display one.

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  macnewslettereditor · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 7:14 pm

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  This is so basic, I must not be looking properly for the answer: I want to remove bylines from my theme, or at least have the ability to change the byline without having writer log into WordPress. I’m using the Newsworthy theme.

  The blog I need help with is macnewsletter.wordpress.com.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 7:17 pm

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  You need to read your own thread.

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  macnewslettereditor · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 7:29 pm

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  I’m sorry this isn’t clear to me. I am setting up the blog but someone else wrote the post. I am the only person logged into WordPress, and the post is currently showing my name. So the above advice does not apply..

  I want someone else’s name on the post without that person having to log in.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 7:32 pm

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  If you are an Admin, you can go to the dashboard Pages page and change the Author. You have to change it to an author who is authorized to write on that blog, though.