Who can be a coauthor? What capability needs to be set?

  • Resolved mabho

    (@mabho)


    6 years, 9 months ago

    I am sorry if this question has been asked before, and even if it is a basic one…

    I think this is odd, but only users with admin role will display as possible options to be added as coauthors. What should be the criteria here?

    I need to allow users in other roles to be chosen as post authors as well, but there doesn’t seem to be a capability being used to allow or not users in other roles to be coauthors.

    Thank you.

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by mabho.
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  • Hi there,

    To be assigned as co-authors to posts, a WordPress user will need the ‘edit_posts’ capability. This is typically granted to the Contributor role, but can be altered with the ‘coauthors_edit_author_cap’ filter.

    Have a nice day,
    Stefano

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Stefano.
    • This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Stefano.
    Thread Starter mabho

    (@mabho)

    Hey @ste_95, many thanks for this information! I could successfully allow the desired role by assigning a capability it is associated with by using the filter.

    Have a nice day you too, abra?os!
    Marcos

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