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This plugin can override the Authors metabox on the post add/edit screen, letting users who can edit other people’s posts, reassign a post to others user on the site.
This is especially useful in situations where you’ve created custom user roles that WordPress doesn’t recognize as Authors. If you want to allow your content editors and administrators to assign new or existing content to anyone, you’ll (hopefully) like this plugin very much indeed.
On WordPress 5.0, the metabox will appear below the main block editor (see screenshot). I will be supporting updates to the Status & Visibility box as soon as possible.
I’m not sure how far back this plugin will work, I’m saying it requires 3.5 or greater — it was originally developed using WordPress 4.1.
(Inspired by <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18645" rel="nofollow ugc">this trac ticket</a>)

Better Author Metabox

Lets you safely override the built-in Author metabox with one that includes more users.

PrecisionWP

AdminEase is an all-in-one WordPress admin toolkit that helps you manage updates, strengthen security, improve performance and streamline site maintenance without touching code. AdminEase makes everyday site management faster, safer, and easier from a clean, user friendly dashboard.
<h4>Key Benefits</h4>
✓ No Coding Required – User-friendly interface for all skill levels 
✓ Enhanced Security – Protect your site from common vulnerabilities 
✓ Better Performance – Optimize WordPress for speed and efficiency 
✓ Complete Control – Toggle features on/off anytime without risk 
✓ Time Saver – Manage dozens of settings from one dashboard
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Updates and Notifications</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto Update Core: Enable/disable automatic WordPress core updates.</li>
<li>Auto Update Plugins: Enable/disable automatic plugin updates.</li>
<li>Auto Update Themes: Enable/disable automatic theme updates.</li>
<li>Auto Update Translations: Enable/disable automatic translation updates.</li>
<li>Update Notification Emails: Receive emails when core, themes, or plugins are auto-updated.</li>
<li>New User Admin Notification Email: Notify admin on new user registration.</li>
<li>User Password Change Admin Notification Email: Notify admin when a user changes their password.</li>
<li>Comment Admin Notification Email: Notify admin on new comments.</li>
<li>Disable Admin Notices: Hide admin notices from plugins and themes.</li>
<li>Disable recovery mode email notification: Prevent WordPress from sending recovery mode emails.</li>
<li>Customize recovery mode recipient email: Set a custom email address to receive recovery mode notifications.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable File Edit: Prevent editing theme/plugin files from the admin panel.</li>
<li>Disable File Mods: Prevent all file modifications in WordPress, including installing, updating, and deleting plugins and themes.</li>
<li>Disable XML-RPC: Block XML-RPC access to reduce attack surface, with IP allowlist (in Pro).</li>
<li>Disable REST API: Block REST API access, with IP allowlist (in Pro) with the option to allow all HTTP requests to wordpress.org, including plugin/theme updates, version checks, and other API communications.</li>
<li>Disable Embeds: Stop automatic embedding of external content.</li>
<li>Hide WordPress Version: Remove version info from source code and feeds.</li>
<li>Password Protect Site: Protect your entire website with a password, featuring customizable themes, role-based bypasses, IP whitelisting, device remembering, and auto-disable scheduling.</li>
<li>Block Access to .htaccess/.htpasswd: Protect sensitive server files.</li>
<li>Disable Pingbacks: Prevent XML-RPC pingback abuse.</li>
<li>Block Author Scans: Prevent username enumeration.</li>
<li>Block Directory Browsing: Stop public directory listing.</li>
<li>Disable Script Concatenation(Admin): Prevent certain DoS attacks in admin.</li>
<li>Block Specific Countries (GeoIP): Restrict site access by country.</li>
<li>Block Specific Bots: Control which bots can access your site</li>
<li>CORS Headers: Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing to allow trusted websites to access your site’s resources safely.</li>
<li>Hide PHP Version: Remove X-Powered-By header to hide PHP version information from headers.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>WP Memory Limit: Set the memory limit for WordPress.</li>
<li>WP Max Memory Limit: Set the maximum memory for admin tasks.</li>
<li>Max Execution Time: Set PHP script timeout.</li>
<li>Autosave Interval: Customize how often WordPress auto saves your work.</li>
<li>Disable WP Cron: Replace WP-Cron with a real server cron job for reliability.</li>
<li>Disable Emojis: Disable loading of emoji scripts and styles.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Posts</h4>
<ul>
<li>Empty Trash Days: Set the number of days to keep deleted posts in trash.</li>
<li>Post Revisions: Limit or disable post revisions to save database space.</li>
<li>Disable Gutenberg Editor: Disable the block editor and revert to the classic editor.</li>
<li>Drag and Drop Ordering Posts: Rearrange posts via drag-and-drop.</li>
<li>Disable Comments: Disable comments site-wide with a single toggle.</li>
<li>Bulk Delete Posts: Delete posts in bulk from the admin panel.</li>
<li>Posts Metadata Box: Adds a meta box to posts for easy management of custom fields.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Taxonomies</h4>
<ul>
<li>Drag and Drop Ordering Taxonomies: Rearrange taxonomies via drag-and-drop.</li>
<li>Improved Taxonomy Meta Box: Enable lazy loading for taxonomy terms to improve performance.</li>
<li>Taxonomy Switcher: Switch taxonomy terms between taxonomies in a single click.</li>
<li>Taxonomy Term Metadata Box: Adds a meta box to taxonomy terms for easy management of custom fields.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Users</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable User Registration: Block all new user registrations.</li>
<li>Force Strong Passwords: Enforce password complexity rules (length, case, numbers, symbols).</li>
<li>Auto-Logout User: Auto-logout users after inactivity (customizable per role and time).</li>
<li>Hide Admin Bar: Hide the admin bar for specific users.</li>
<li>Redirect After Login/Logout: Customize where users go after logging in or out</li>
<li>Users Metadata Box: Adds a meta box to users for easy management of custom fields.</li>
<li>Last Login Tracking: Tracks when users log in, displays the information in the users table, and shows it on their profile pages.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Debug</h4>
<ul>
<li>WP Debug: Enable WordPress debug mode.</li>
<li>WP Debug Log: Log errors to a file.</li>
<li>WP Debug Display: Show/hide errors on the site.</li>
<li>Debug Log Viewer: View the debug log directly from the admin panel.</li>
<li>Maintenance Mode: Prevent all users from accessing the site but not the admin area.</li>
<li>Network Viewer: Enable the Network Viewer to log all incoming HTTP connections to your site in real-time. This feature helps you monitor traffic, detect suspicious activity, and understand how visitors interact with your site.</li>
<li>Email log: Complete email logging system. Track every email sent from your WordPress site including recipient, subject, content, and delivery status. Debug email delivery issues, monitor notifications, and ensure critical emails reach their destination. Perfect for troubleshooting SMTP configurations and auditing site communications.</li>
<li>Cron Viewer: Manage and monitor all WordPress scheduled tasks (cron jobs). View all scheduled jobs, detect orphaned hooks left behind by deleted plugins, run jobs on demand, pause and resume jobs, and review a full execution history with performance metrics including execution time and memory usage.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Media</h4>
<ul>
<li>Upload Max File Size: Set maximum upload file size.</li>
<li>Allow SVG Uploads: Enable SVG file uploads with security checks.</li>
<li>Allow Custom File Extension Uploads: Enable additional file types beyond WordPress defaults</li>
<li>Media Infinite Scrolling: Enable infinite scrolling for media library.</li>
<li>Disable Big Image Threshold: Disable the threshold for displaying large images in the media library.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display Active Plugins First: Reorders the Plugins list to show active plugins at the top, separated from inactive plugins by a visual divider.</li>
<li>Enable Plugin Download: Adds a Download link to each plugin row, allowing admins to download any installed plugin as a .zip file directly from the admin panel. Requires PHP ZipArchive extension.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automatic Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Log in to your WordPress admin panel</li>
<li>Go to Plugins > Add New</li>
<li>Search for “AdminEase”</li>
<li>Click “Install Now” and then “Activate”</li>
<li>Navigate to the AdminEase menu to configure your settings</li>
</ol>
<h4>Manual Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Download the plugin zip file</li>
<li>Log in to your WordPress admin panel</li>
<li>Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin</li>
<li>Choose the downloaded zip file and click “Install Now”</li>
<li>Activate the plugin</li>
<li>Navigate to the AdminEase menu to configure your settings</li>
</ol>
<h4>After Activation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to the AdminEase menu in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Explore the organized tabs (Updates, Security, Performance, etc.)</li>
<li>Enable the features you need</li>
<li>Save your settings</li>
</ol>
Important: We recommend testing on a staging site first and always maintain backups before making configuration changes.
<h3>Important Disclaimer</h3>
This plugin modifies core WordPress functionality and behaviors. While we strive to maintain compatibility and stability:
<ul>
<li>The plugin’s features may work differently or not at all depending on your server configuration, hosting environment, and installed plugins</li>
<li>Some features may be restricted on certain hosting providers or server setups</li>
<li>We strongly recommend testing the plugin in a staging environment before using it on a production site</li>
<li>Always maintain regular backups of your website before making any changes</li>
</ul>
<h3>Server Compatibility Notice</h3>
Different server configurations may affect the plugin’s functionality:
<ul>
<li>Shared hosting environments might have restrictions that prevent certain features from working</li>
<li>Some features may require specific PHP extensions or server modules</li>
<li>Server-level email configurations might affect notification control features</li>
<li>.htaccess modifications require Apache or compatible web servers</li>
</ul>
If you experience any issues, please check with your hosting provider about server limitations.

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Better Author Metabox vs AdminEase