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                        <title>RE: Change the author of a post</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/change-the-author-of-a-post-2/#post-58339</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@robert Thanks, this is so helpful. I can understand that changing the author of a post is not a priority for your plugin development, and so I really appreciate you giving us these great, s...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[@robert Thanks, this is so helpful. I can understand that changing the author of a post is not a priority for your plugin development, and so I really appreciate you giving us these great, step-by-step backdoor instructions! Loving the plugin. Once I get my site setup, I'll write you a glowing review. :-)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/">How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0</category>                        <dc:creator>rosevines</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Change the author of a post</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/change-the-author-of-a-post-2/#post-55529</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi @joel,
This requires lots of time and afford. Also, it requires a big work to add some user interface. The time we may spend on this could be spent on many important functions and featur...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi @joel,</p>
<p>This requires lots of time and afford. Also, it requires a big work to add some user interface. The time we may spend on this could be spent on many important functions and features. I'm sorry, but at the moment this is out of our plans. I have no idea if we'll find time for adding this feature. Currently, the only way to change the topic author is doing it in the database: https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/change-the-author-of-a-post/#post-14190</p>
<p>1. Find the new author <a href="https://rudrastyh.com/wordpress/get-user-id.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UserID</a></p>
<p>2. Find the <a href="https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/where-can-i-find-topic-ids/#post-12592" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TopicID</a></p>
<p>3. Find the first <a href="https://wpforo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wpForo-find-first-post-id.gif" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PostID</a> of that topic</p>
<p>4. Use <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">phpMyAdmin</a> plugin or the Hosting <span style="color: #3366ff">cPanle &gt; phpMyAdmin</span>, go to WordPress browse and open the following tables:</p>
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<li><span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_topics</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_posts</span></li>
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<p>5. Find the row of that topic in <span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_topics</span> table and the row of the first post of that topic in <span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_posts</span> table.</p>
<p>6. Double-click on the <span style="color: #ff0000">userid</span> cell of the topic and post rows in corresponding <span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_topics</span> and <span style="color: #ff0000">wp_wpforo_posts</span> tables and insert the new <span style="color: #800080">UserID</span>, <a href="https://wpforo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wpForo-change-userid-of-topic-and-first-post.gif" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here is the GIF animation&gt;</a></p>
<p>7. Go to <span style="color: #3366ff">Dashboard &gt; Forums &gt; Dashboard</span> admin page and click  button.</p>
<p>That's it.</p>
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						                            <category domain="https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/">How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0</category>                        <dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Change the author of a post</title>
                        <link>https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/change-the-author-of-a-post-2/#post-55480</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I would love it if there was a feature for an admin to change the author of a post to a different user.  We have a need for this in the way we do things.
Any chance this could be done in th...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would love it if there was a feature for an admin to change the author of a post to a different user.  We have a need for this in the way we do things.</p>
<p>Any chance this could be done in the future?</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/">How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0</category>                        <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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