I am wanting to add a new blog author or guest author without making them an administrator of the site? Is that possible?

Wait…is there a way to do this without the app?

@Dance_Fashion I’m afraid not. The steps I’ve outlined above would be the best workaround to changing the author name/hiding the author. That said, I dug the feature request for this specific case to see where it stands. Our teams are considering getting this added to the platform; however; I can’t…

https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-Design/How-do-I-change-the-author-name-on-my-blog/td-p/92139 :index_pointing_up: Alternately you can simply hard code this value in the article.liquid template and the blog.liquid template. The current value will be {{ article.author }} HTH!

Almost certainly not. Remember that despite the fact that you PAY for Shopifies services they intentionally leave functionality out of their platform so that they can set up an artificial marketplace for vendors (who of course pay Shopify a percentage of income) to resell basic functionality to you …

What are the alternatives. I’m ready to dump Shopify now. All the features I need are either behind a paywall or not available…very scammy and with zero to no support.

We developed an app to help you with that: https://apps.shopify.com/change-author A perfect example of what I’m talking about. Shopify should have this functionality built in. The fact that someone can try to charge me $7.99/mo to do something I want to do shows me that this kind of thing CAN be …

Did you try the solutions in my previous post? You don’t have to install any app

Peter, I really need this functionality too. Paying for an app monthly seems ridiculous. This cuts us off from cross-marketing opportunities with other blogs.

@CarolBiovida Shopify does not care. They intentionally leave out TONS of basic functionality so that they can create a marketplace based on manufactured demand where functionality you need can be sold back to you as an “app” with a monthly fee, which is provided by a third party and which I promise…

How do I change the author name on my blog?

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unicorn_global January 8, 2020, 6:31am 12

We developed an app to help you with that: https://apps.shopify.com/change-author

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