Where is the creator parenthesis?

If I understand you correctly, you’re using MailChimp’s RSS-to-Email feature to send the posts in your RSS feed to subscriber’s email.

The standard RSS feed that WordPress generates includes the post author’s public display name in the <dc:creator> tag as the screenshot below shows.

Have you actually checked your RSS feed to confirm what MailChimp is claiming is true? If you don’t know how to confirm this, kindly give your website’s address so I can check for you.

(I’ve seen a couple of instances here where MailChimp staff made claims which simply weren’t the case, like this one.)

George thanks, I think you are on the right track, and I think Mailchimp is correct.

That field where is says John Appleseed:

Do I need to put my name in there in each and every post, or just one time for all future post?

Where is that code? I can’t find it. It’s somewhere in the WordPress dashboard?

George thanks, I think you are on the right track, and I think Mailchimp is correct.

Not sure I follow you.

Have you checked your site’s RSS feed and the <dc:creator> tag is empty? This is what would make Mailchimp correct ??

That field where is says John Appleseed:

Do I need to put my name in there in each and every post, or just one time for all future post?

That field is in the RSS feed automatically generated by WordPress. That’s why I asked you to check your own site’s RSS feed… or give me your site address so I can check it for you. But you never specifically commented on either one!

When you make a new post, that post is automatically assigned to the WordPress user who logged in to make that post as the author. This user’s name then appears on the public website as the author of the post, and in the RSS feed’s <dc:creator> field automatically.

So this you don’ need to manually add your name anywhere… your name should be added automatically — unless you’ve taken special steps to disable this, a plugin/theme conflict is somehow removing this.

Again…

1) have you checked your site’s RSS field to confirm the <dc:creator> field is empty, as Mailchimp is claiming? Can you share a screenshot showing this, as I did?

2) If you don’t know how to do this, can you share your site’s address so I can check it for you?

Thanks, George I don’t publicly share stuff here.

I don’t remember where the RSS feed is as so many years ago, I made I think, any idea where to find that?

If your domain is example.com…

And if you’re using any permalink structure other than the default “ugly” permalinks…

Then your site’s MAIN RSS feed should be at https://example.com/feed

If you’re using the “ugly” permalink, your RSS feed would be at the URL https://example.com/?feed=rss

In most browsers, if you open the RSS feed, you should see raw code like the screenshot I posted earlier. Use your browser’s built-in search function (CTRL/CMD + F on Windows/Mac) to search for the string <dc:creator>

If you find this, then you can validly conclude whether or not MailChimp’s claim is true or not.

Good luck!