WebFactory

<p>Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>✍️ Behaves as if guest authors were regular authors.</li>
<li>👤 Upload your own avatar image instead of using Gravatar.</li>
<li>🌍 Link to a custom page for the guest author.</li>
<li>🔥 Perfect for guest posts.</li>
</ul>
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Guest Author

In my case I needed something that would create the admin part an I can then use it on my custom theme. Definitely saved me some time to create my own custom meta boxes for the posts. Needed only to customize the single post template page to show the guest meta information.

Works perfect


The plugin works as advertised and is quite simple and handy. I have one request though. These days nofollowing the URL might be suitable for some admins. So it is missing.


Feature request: nofollow the guest author URL

Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site.

Letícia Moreira

<p>Darven – Who Published ensures editorial integrity by saving and displaying the original author who published a WordPress post or page. Even if a post is edited later by other users, the plugin preserves the original publisher information and displays it in the admin interface.</p>
<p>Features include:</p>
<ol>
<li>A new column “Who Published” in post and page listings.</li>
<li>A visual badge system to highlight confirmed and guessed authors.</li>
<li>A metabox in the post editor showing the original author.</li>
<li>Admin filtering by original publisher.</li>
<li>REST API compatibility.</li>
<li>Translations included: pt_BR, pt_PT, es_ES.</li>
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Darven – Who Published

Preserves and displays the original user who published a post, even after edits or updates.

Guest Author vs Darven – Who Published