Customize the Co-Author Byline

Pro. This feature requires WB Member Blog Pro. The free plugin must be installed and active first. See the Pro index for every Pro module.

When a post has co-authors, the byline names everyone: the author first, then each co-author in the order the author set. You control the punctuation between names, and you can place the byline anywhere with a shortcode or block.

Where the byline appears

With Show All Authors in Byline on, every place your theme prints the post’s author name on a single post shows all authors, for example “Alice, Bob & Carol”. Turn the setting off to show only the main author there.

Change the separators

1. Go to WB Plugins > Member Blog > Co-Authors.
2. Under Display Settings, set Byline Separator and Last Author Separator. Spaces count, so include them.
3. Check the Byline Preview.
4. Click Save Settings.

Byline Separator	Last Author Separator	Result
,	& (default)	Alice, Bob & Carol
,	, and	Alice, Bob, and Carol
,	and	Alice, Bob and Carol
/	/	Alice / Bob / Carol

With two authors, only the last separator is used: “Alice & Bob”.

Change the order of names

The author always comes first. The post’s author sets the order of co-authors by dragging them in the Co-authors list of the post form. The byline follows that order.

Place the byline yourself

[bp-member-blog-coauthors] - block: Co-Authors

Prints the byline for a post, with each name linked to that person’s author archive.

Attribute	What it does	Default
post_id	Which post’s byline to show	Current post
separator	Characters between names	,
link	Link names to their author pages: yes or no	yes

Example: [bp-member-blog-coauthors separator=" | " link="no"]

Related

• Co-Authors
• Invite Co-Authors