Default Post Author
The easiest way to set a default post author in your WordPress site.
Default Post Author ranks #6,598 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Dec 4, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 2.2
- Last Updated
- Dec 04, 2025
- Requires WP
- 6.1+
- Tested Up To
- 6.9.7
- PHP Version
- 8.0 or higher
- Author
- MonarchWP
Support & Rating
- Rating
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- Reviews
- 2
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators, especially those running multi-author blogs, who need consistent post attribution. It solves the problem of manually setting an author for every new post by letting you define a default author automatically, with an option to bulk-update existing posts.
- Set default post author
- Bulk update existing posts
- Sync revision authors with parent post
- Toggle controls for features
- AJAX-powered settings saving
- Progress tracking for bulk operations
- Multisite compatible
- Responsive admin interface
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