Automattic / Automattic/co-authors-plus

Permit authorship "roles" to be specified on a post by post basis

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
PHP
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Description

Though an co-author can already have a global "role" via a custom user meta field, it would be neat if you could specify the "role" for a co-author on a post by post basis.

Example:

  • Jane Doe, Writer
  • Joe Schmo, Photographer

We could/should do this when we redo the UI for selecting co-authors.

Related request from the forums.

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Research direction

Review the existing co-author selection UI and the custom user-meta role behavior described in the issue. Define how a role is selected and stored per post, then verify that different posts can show different roles for the same co-author in their bylines.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
full-stack
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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