Post author uses API user instead of author.

[siniger]

Describe the bug
We have selected the option in Setting: For linked distributed posts, replace the author name and link with the original site name and link.

but when a new post is distributed the Author is the API user and not the post author.

Steps to Reproduce
1.create new post
2. distributed it

Expected behavior
created post to be distributed with the original Author

Screenshots

Environment information

• Device: PC
• OS: Windows 10
• Browser and version: Chrome Version 89.0.4389.128
• WordPress version: 5.7.1

[dinhtungdu]

@siniger, can you share with us the Site Health Debug Info? I can't reproduce your issue on my end which uses WP 5.7.1 (both single site and multisite).

Also, what does the API user mean?

but when a new post is distributed the Author is the API user and not the post author.

Note that when you check the option, the post author and link are replaced by the Site name and site URL, not the post author.

[jmslbam]

By accident I was researching an issue with the current logged in user and saw this ticket.
Does @siniger refer to this line of code? https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/develop/includes/classes/ExternalConnections/WordPressExternalConnection.php#L907

While InternalConnections can re-use the author_id of the original author because it's a Network site?

[ldollard]

Hi I have the same issue and by API he means the user that the application password is being used from on the remote website. So that the remote website user-name that has the application password gets added as the author to posts.

Has anyone found a solution to this issue yet?

Thanks

Luke

[dinhtungdu]

@siniger @jmslbam @ldollard Can you please help me test the #767 to see if it fixes your issue?

[jeffpaul]

@siniger can you please confirm from your original description if you have the Override Author Byline setting checked?:

...or unchecked?:

Thanks!
Jeff.

[ldollard]

@dinhtungdu not sure what happened, but i replied to this that it wasn't working correctly after updating the includes file, it seems to do something, but is not changing the user in the backend of metadata, but weirdly a plugin I use called simple author partially picks up the change as seen in these images.

https://we.tl/t-7GsPQeM2ig

[ldollard]

I also have this checked: