{"id":261,"date":"2019-04-15T06:18:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/molongui-deals-sales-promotions-and-upsells-for-woocommerce\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:04:05","slug":"how-to-convert-a-user-to-guest-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-convert-a-user-to-guest-author\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Convert a User To Guest Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"261\" class=\"elementor elementor-261\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42bbbaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42bbbaa\" 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-9bd08b0\" data-id=\"9bd08b0\" 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-2f3f3c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f3f3c4\" 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>Guest posting is great! It is a vital digital marketing tool for generating organic traffic and attracting the right audience to your website.<\/p><p>But, obviously, it requires you to credit the author for that guest content. And how do you do that? Well, you just add a new user account, right? But wait, is that the best way to go. Might it have any affection to your site&#8217;s security? And what if you have hundreds of one time contributors?<\/p><p>Truth is <strong>adding users accounts to credit guest authors is a security concern<\/strong>. So what to do? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/authorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molongui Authorship Pro<\/a> plugin makes it easy for you to convert to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/what-is-a-guest-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guest authors<\/a> all those users accounts you had to add for authors who have contributed to your blog.<\/p><p>It only takes one click. Really that easy! See below how to convert a user to guest author:<\/p><ol><li>Log in to your WordPress Dashboard<\/li><li>Go to the <strong>Users<\/strong> page.<\/li><li>You will be presented with a list of all users in your site. Hover the name of the user you want to convert to guest<\/li><li>The edit actions menu will be displayed<\/li><li>Click on the <strong>Convert to Guest Author<\/strong> link<\/li><li>Confirm conversion when being prompted<\/li><\/ol><p>Bang! You&#8217;re done. That&#8217;s all it takes. A notice will be displayed when conversion is done. The once before user is removed from the Users list an added to your Guest Authors page.<\/p>\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-eae1c09 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eae1c09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c9b0e2\" data-id=\"5c9b0e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-e1b550f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e1b550f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-exclamation-triangle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae8e3f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae8e3f8\" 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<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keep in mind<\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52cf168\" data-id=\"52cf168\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-7cfb6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cfb6f9\" 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>All posts authorship is kept. 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