• Welcome to XF2 Addons

    You can purchase a Premium membership for only $35 per year, and this gives you access to download any or ALL of the over 400 add-ons developed for Xenforo 2.x. In addition, Premium members will get technical support. Once the Premium membership has expired you can continue to use the installed addons on your forum as long as you like.
Change author

Change author 3.4

No permission to download
Note
Compatible XF 2.x versions: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Description:

Allows changing the author of a post.

(Example of Change author link)

27


(Example of Change author overlay)

28


(Example of User group permissions)

130


Features:
  • All phrases start with changeauthor_ for your convenience.
User group permissions:

In order to see the Change author link below the post, you will need to set the User group permissions for the Administrative group to Yes.

How to use:
  1. Click the Change author link under any post.
  2. Select a username.
  3. Save post.
Questions and Answers:

Q: Does this also work for Resource Manager and or Media Gallery?
A: No.
Author
Andy
Downloads
646
Views
5,828
First release
Last update
Rating
5.00 star(s) 15 ratings

Latest updates

  1. See description

    Change author v3.4 changes: Fixed issue with Latest post not being updated if changing author...
  2. See description

    Change author v3.3 changes: Fixed issue with updating attachment data.
  3. See description

    Change author v3.2 changes: Fixed issue with last post information shown in forum view.

Latest reviews

Very helpful and useful addon and works.
An indispensable tool for moderators.
works exactly as advertised
What an excellent add-on! Does exactly as advertised and has helped me fixed a specific challenge on my forum.
Add-on works like a charm. Just like the rest of XF2 Addons, they are all well put together and add-ons that most forum operators find helpful for their sites.
Change author solves a problem for me. Very easy to use.
Excellent, just got me out of a fix
A great add-on!
Great addon, works as expected. Thank you.
Fantastic. I lost some threads after having to restore from a backup. I did not rebuild all the lost data, but this was great for the posts that I did recreate!

Similar resources

Change date Andy
Allows changing the date and time of a post.
5.00 star(s) 12 ratings
Downloads
507
Updated
Change limit Andy
Allows changing the time limit for editing an individual post.
5.00 star(s) 1 ratings
Downloads
132
Updated
Change resource date Andy
Allows changing the date and time of a resource.
0.00 star(s) 0 ratings
Downloads
105
Updated
Back
Top