Author by Category
Author by Category helps websites and multi-user blogs keep post authors consistent without disrupting the editorial workflow. This plugin is completely free. Create simple rules that connect categories to specific users. When a post is saved with those categories, the plugin can automatically assign the author. If an editor changes the author manually, their choice is always remembered. This prevents posts from being published under the wrong name by accident. Key Features Works with any user — not just authors. Admins can assign any user (editor, contributor, etc.) to any category. Manual author selection is always allowed and remembered. Rules can include multiple categories; first match wins. Duplicate guard: one category can only be used in one rule. Optimized for large sites with many users. Secure: follows WordPress coding standards (nonces, capability checks, sanitization). Compatible with scheduled posts, REST publishing, PHP 8+, and the latest WordPress versions. Best Practice for Performance For smooth scheduling and zero-maintenance cron execution, we recommend hosting your WordPress site on ihost WordPress Cloud Hosting. See FAQ → Recommended Hosting for an ihost-optimised php.ini template you can copy and paste. Compatibility Scheduled posts: applies the correct author at publish time. REST/remote publishing (for example, MultiPost plugin): ensures the correct author after categories and content are set. Designed for large editorial teams. How It Works Go to Settings → Author by Category and create rules that match categories to users. When a post is saved or published, the plugin checks which categories are selected. If a matching rule is found, the post author is updated automatically. If an editor changes the author manually, the plugin remembers that choice for future posts with the same categories. Privacy This plugin does not collect, store, or share any data. Credits Developed by Unioney.
WP Author Security
WP Author Security is a lightweight but powerful plugin to protect against user enumeration attacks on author pages and other places where valid user names can be obtained. By default, WordPress will display some sensitive information on author pages. The author page is typically called by requesting the URI https://yourdomain.tld/?author= or with permalinks https://yourdomain.tld/author/ . The page will include (depending on your theme) the full name (first and last name) as well as the username of the author which is used to log in to WordPress. In some cases, it is not wanted to expose this information to the public. An attacker is able to brute force valid IDs or valid usernames. This information might be used for further attacks like social engineering attacks or log in brute force attacks with gathered usernames. However, when using the plugin and you disable author pages completely it must be noted that you need to take care that your active theme will not display the author name itself on posts like “Posted by admin” or something like that. This is something the plugin will not handle (at the moment). By using the extension, you are able to disable the author pages either completely or display them only when the author has at least one published post. When the page is disabled the default 404 error page of the active theme is displayed. In addition, the plugin will also protect other locations which are commonly used by attackers to gather valid user names. These are: The REST API for users which will list all users with published posts by default. https://yourdomain.tld/wp-json/wp/v2/users The log in page where different error messages will indicate whether an entered user name or mail address exists or not. The plugin will display a neutral error message independently whether the user exists or not. The password forgotten function will also allow an attacker to check for the existence of a user. As for the log in page the plugin will display a neutral message even when the user does not exists. Requesting the feed endpoint /feed of your blog will also allow others to see the username or display name of the author. The plugin will remove the name from the result list. WordPress supports so-called oEmbeds. This is a technique to embed a reference to a post into another post. However, this reference will also contain the author name and a direct link to the profile page. The plugin will also remove the name and link here. Since WordPress 5.5 a default sitemap can be reached via /wp-sitemap.xml. This sitemap will disclose the usernames of all authors. If this should not be disclosed you are able to disable this feature of WordPress.
