Sometimes the author shown on a WordPress post should not be the actual user account.
A site may publish under a brand name.
A team may write content together.
A client may want a public author profile without giving that person normal editor access.
Or one real WordPress user may need to publish under different author names.
WordPress does not make this workflow very flexible by default.
The post has an author, and that author is a real WordPress user. That works for many sites, but it is not always the best public presentation.
A virtual author solves this.
The real WordPress user still exists in the background. The virtual author is the name shown on the frontend.
That keeps the admin workflow clean while giving the public site the author structure it needs.
atec Virtual Author lets you define virtual author names and map them to real WordPress users. When editing a post, you can select the virtual author that should appear publicly.
The frontend can then use the mapped user’s avatar, bio, and author archive link automatically.
Existing posts stay unchanged unless a virtual author is selected.
Simple idea.
Useful for real publishing workflows.
atec Virtual Author is available from atec Plugins:
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