Beschreibung
Leenkat Author Autocomplete provides a searchable author autocomplete interface for both the WordPress Classic Editor and Block Editor (Gutenberg).
It is designed for editorial websites and other WordPress installations with many authors, editors, or eligible content users, where finding a specific author in the standard author interface can be inconvenient.
The plugin keeps WordPress’s native post author workflow for registered users and adds an optional guest-author layer for credited writers who do not need a WordPress account.
Features
- Search eligible authors by display name.
- Search by WordPress username.
- Search by e-mail address.
- Search using partial names.
- Display the author’s avatar.
- Display username, e-mail address, and user role in search results.
- Show a loading indicator while searching.
- Show an immediate no-results notice when a search returns no matches.
- Validate manually entered full display names, usernames, and e-mail addresses.
- Restore the previously selected author when an unfinished or invalid search is cancelled.
- Support post types that use WordPress author functionality.
- Respect WordPress user capabilities for the current post type.
- Use the native WordPress post author field when saving.
- Support the Classic Editor.
- Support the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
- Translation-ready and RTL-compatible.
- Create and manage guest authors without WordPress user accounts.
- Add a guest author directly while editing content and save the new guest author only when the post is saved.
- Assign male or female default guest-author avatars.
- Display guest-author names and avatars on the front end without linking to the underlying WordPress user.
- Keep the native WordPress post author as the editor while crediting a separate guest author.
- Show separate Editor and Author columns in the Posts screen.
- View the number of articles linked to each guest author.
- Convert a guest author to a WordPress user and transfer linked articles safely.
- No external services required.
Registered authors continue to use the native WordPress post author field. Guest authors are stored separately and can be credited on posts without creating a WordPress user account.
Source Code
All JavaScript and CSS files distributed with this plugin are the human-readable source files used by the plugin. No minification, compilation, bundling, or build step is required to regenerate the distributed assets.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin ZIP through Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin, or upload the
leenkat-author-autocompletefolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate Leenkat Author Autocomplete from the Plugins screen.
- Open a post or another supported post type.
- Use the Author interface to search for and select an eligible WordPress user or guest author.
- If needed, create and manage guest authors from Users > Guest Authors.
- Save, update, or publish the content normally.
FAQ
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The plugin continues to use the native WordPress post author field for registered users. It also provides an optional guest-author system for crediting writers who do not have WordPress user accounts.
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A guest author is a credited writer stored by the plugin without a WordPress login. A guest author can be selected on a post and displayed as the credited author on the front end.
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Yes. Guest authors can be converted to WordPress users from Users > Guest Authors. Linked articles are transferred to the new user after the account is created successfully.
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What information can I search by?
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You can search eligible WordPress users by display name, username, or e-mail address. Guest authors can also be found by name.
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Which users appear in the search results?
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Registered users must have the required capability for the current post type. Guest authors created by the plugin can also appear in the author search.
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Does it work with custom post types?
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Yes, provided the post type supports WordPress author functionality and its capabilities allow author selection.
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Does it support both WordPress editors?
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Yes. The plugin supports both the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
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Is the plugin translation-ready?
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Yes. User-facing strings are internationalized using standard WordPress translation functions and can be translated through the WordPress.org translation system.
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Does the plugin support RTL sites?
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Yes. The author interface is designed to work in both LTR and RTL WordPress administration screens.
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Does the plugin send data to an external service?
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No. Author searches use the local WordPress user database and WordPress AJAX. No external service is required.
Rezensionen
Zu diesem Plugin liegen noch keine Rezensionen vor.
Mitwirkende und Entwickler
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Änderungsprotokoll
1.1.0
- Added guest author management under Users > Guest Authors.
- Added guest-author search and selection in the Classic Editor and Block Editor.
- Added the ability to create a guest author directly from the post author interface.
- Guest authors created from the editor are saved only when the post is saved.
- Added male and female default avatars for guest authors.
- Added guest-author front-end attribution without linking to the underlying WordPress editor account.
- Added guest-author support for author boxes while preventing editor-specific identity data from being shown as guest-author data.
- Added separate Editor and Author columns to the Posts screen.
- Added linked-article counts and article filtering for guest authors.
- Added guest-author editing and deletion tools.
- Added conversion of guest authors to WordPress users with role, username, e-mail, first name, last name, and display name fields.
- Added safe transfer of linked articles when converting a guest author to a WordPress user.
- Improved database query handling, caching, nonce verification, and Plugin Check compatibility.
- Fixed Block Editor author persistence so WordPress users and guest authors remain assigned after saving and reloading a post.
- Expanded translation-ready strings for the guest-author workflow.
1.0.0
- Initial production release.
- Added searchable author selection by display name, username, and e-mail address.
- Added partial-name searching.
- Added author avatars to the selection interface.
- Added username, e-mail address, and role information to search results.
- Added a loading indicator during author searches.
- Added immediate no-results feedback.
- Added exact author validation for full display names, usernames, and e-mail addresses.
- Added safe restoration of the previously selected author for invalid or cancelled searches.
- Added capability-aware author filtering.
- Added Classic Editor support.
- Added Block Editor (Gutenberg) support.
- Added translation-ready strings and RTL-compatible interface.