{"id":144,"date":"2019-01-29T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/add-a-guest-author\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T08:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T07:39:36","slug":"add-a-guest-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/add-a-guest-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a Guest Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"144\" class=\"elementor elementor-144\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-185a3e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"185a3e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-447979e\" data-id=\"447979e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6ab4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb6ab4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Molongui Authorship plugin adds support for <a href=\"\/docs\/molongui-authorship\/guest-authors\/what-is-a-guest-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"guest authors (opens in a new tab)\">guest authors<\/a>. Just like you do with your users and posts in your site, you can add as many as you need, and easily edit and remove them. You can even convert them to registered users so they can have an account in your site if they become regular contributors.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are two ways to add new guest authors on your WordPress site:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>using the <strong>Guest Authors<\/strong> menu item<\/li>\n<li>directly from the edit-post screen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>In this article, we will show you how to add new guest authors to your WordPress blog using the <strong>Guest Authors<\/strong> menu item.<\/p>\n\n<p>To add a new guest author to your WordPress site, simply click on <strong>Guest authors<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Add New<\/strong> and fill out the form.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"alert alert_warning\">You need to provide the author name, which is actually the only mandatory field. All other fields are optional.<\/p>\n\n<p>Once you have added the guest author on your WordPress site, you can add them to any post or page. See <a href=\"\/docs\/molongui-authorship\/authoring-a-post\/\">Authoring a post<\/a> to read detailed information on how to add an author to a post.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab200ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab200ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Form Fields<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83c43ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83c43ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile Box<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43db454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43db454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here you can provide personal and professional information about the guest author.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f29465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f29465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/guest-author-profile-form-1024x459.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/guest-author-profile-form-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/guest-author-profile-form-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/guest-author-profile-form-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/guest-author-profile-form.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63fe3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63fe3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>First Name<\/strong>. The guest author&#8217;s first name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last Name<\/strong>. The guest author&#8217;s last name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Display Name<\/strong>. The name that will be shown publicly to identify the guest author. This will appear in places like the post byline, author box and authors list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-mail<\/strong>. The guest author&#8217;s e-mail address. This can be used to retrieve author&#8217;s gravatar. It is optionally displayed in the author box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>. The URL to the guest author&#8217;s website. If filled in, it will be shown in the author box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong>. The guest author&#8217;s contact phone. It is optionally displayed in the author box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title<\/strong>. The guest author&#8217;s job position. It will be displayed on a text line below the author name within the author box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company<\/strong>. The name of the organization the guest author works for. It will be displayed on a text line below the author name within the author box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company URL<\/strong>. The URL to the organization&#8217;s website the guest author works for. If filled in, the company name will link to this URL.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-935484d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"935484d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography Box<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96efd3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96efd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bio<\/strong>. The author&#8217;s full biography, description&#8230; or actually whatever text you like. You can even add any third-party shortcode if you have the <a href=\"\/authorship\/\">Molongui Authorship Pro<\/a> extension. This is the bio text that will be displayed on the author page if your theme supports it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Bio<\/strong>. The author&#8217;s short biography that will be displayed in the author box. Third-party shortcodes are accepted when having the <a href=\"\/authorship\/\">Molongui Authorship Pro<\/a> extension.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b65cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1b65cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social Profiles<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd810b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd810b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The author&#8217;s social media public profile URL&#8217;s on each social network. Only those profiles with a valid URL will be displayed on the author box.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid cluttering the page, just the most popular social networks are enabled by default. You can enable those you need in the plugin settings page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ddd213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ddd213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Avatar<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28933dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28933dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The author\u2019s profile picture. It can be any image you upload. If none is provided, the Molongui Authorship plugin will try to retrieve the associated Gravatar to the given e-mail address, if set.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccafbc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccafbc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Role<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c4bf76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c4bf76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Often guest authors are not regular contributors. However, over time, they might become one, so you might want to convert them to registered users so they can have an account in your site.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking on the <strong>Convert<\/strong> button you can easily convert a guest author to a registered WordPress user. The guest author will be removed and a new user created. Posts authorship will be kept.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65bfcd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65bfcd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author Box<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36323c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c36323c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Display<\/strong>. Whether to display the author box for this guest author regardless of other post or plugin settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meta Line<\/strong>. Whether to display e-mail address and phone in the author meta line, which is displayed below author name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Icons<\/strong>. Whether to display website, e-mail address and phone as an icon with other social icons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5c064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e5c064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/guest-author-author-box-config.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/guest-author-author-box-config.png 381w, https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/guest-author-author-box-config-164x300.png 164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c5197a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c5197a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62cd4f3\" data-id=\"62cd4f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df3da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1df3da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d5142 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"64d5142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-enable-the-guest-authors-feature\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How To Enable Guest Authors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/what-is-a-guest-author\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What Is a Guest Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-convert-a-user-to-guest-author\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How To Convert User to Guest Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/duplicate-a-guest-author\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How To Duplicate a Guest Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Molongui Authorship plugin adds support for guest authors. Just like you do with your users and posts in your site, you can add as many as you need, and easily edit and remove them. 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