by John Luetke 5 (2 reviews)

Media Author

Name: Media Author
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: John Luetke

Allows you to change the author of a piece of media

Media Author ranks #13,931 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,394 of 6,299 in the Media category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Jan 19, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.4 (Current: 7.1)

v1.0.4 Current Version v1.0.4

Updated 13 years ago Last Update on 19 Jan, 2013

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,394 of 6,299 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#13,931

-48 this week

Active Installs

100+

-44.4%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

5.4K

+1 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 62%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

2 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Sep 5, 2025 UNPATCHED

Media Author [media-author] <= 1.0.4 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-58841 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.4
Last Updated: Jan 19, 2013
Requires WP: 2.8.6+
Tested Up To: 3.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: John Luetke

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

attachment author media post

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site administrators managing multi-author blogs. It solves the problem of media items being locked to their uploader by letting admins reassign an attachment's author.