Default Post Author
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The Default Post Author plugin is a powerful tool designed to simplify the process of setting a default post author on your WordPress site. With this plugin, you can easily define a default author for all new posts, ensuring consistency and saving you valuable time.
✨ Key Features
- Easy Setup — Quick and straightforward configuration
- Modern Admin Interface — Beautiful, intuitive settings page with smooth animations
- Toggle Controls — Enable/disable features with modern toggle switches
- Bulk Update — Update all existing posts to the default author with one click
- Revision Sync — Keep revision authors in sync with parent posts
- AJAX-Powered — Real-time saving without page reloads
- Progress Tracking — Visual progress bar for bulk operations
- Responsive Design — Works perfectly on all devices
- Lightweight — Optimized code for maximum performance
🎨 Modern Admin Interface
Version 2.2 introduces a completely redesigned admin interface featuring:
- Clean, card-based layout
- Smooth animations and transitions
- Modern toggle switches instead of checkboxes
- Interactive buttons with loading states
- Toast notifications for instant feedback
- Progress indicators for bulk operations
- Fully responsive design
🚀 How It Works
- Install and activate the plugin
- Navigate to Settings > Default Post Author
- Select your preferred default author from the dropdown
- Enable/disable features using the toggle switches
- Save your settings — that’s it!
By selecting a default author, you ensure that every new post created on your site will automatically be attributed to that specific author. This feature is particularly useful for multi-author blogs or websites where different users contribute content regularly.
🔧 Feature Toggles
- Enable Default Author — Turn the default author feature on/off without deactivating the plugin
- Sync Revision Authors — Keep revision authors matching the parent post author
📦 Bulk Update Existing Posts
Need to change the author of all existing posts? The plugin includes a powerful bulk update feature that:
- Processes posts in batches to prevent timeouts
- Shows real-time progress
- Provides detailed completion messages
- Works with any number of posts
🔒 Security
- Proper WordPress nonces for all operations
- Capability checks for admin functions
- Sanitized inputs and escaped outputs
- Follows WordPress coding standards
🌐 Compatibility
- WordPress 6.1 and higher
- PHP 8.0 and higher
- Compatible with multisite installations
- Works with popular themes and plugins
Contributing & Bug Report
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on Github.