How to Add Author Editing Capability to Existing Post by Admin

Question

I apologize if this is mentioned on here but I can't find any information!

Anyway, I am building a WordPress site where I created the content with my administrator account. However, once the site is launched there are going to be 10-15+ Author accounts in order to manage a single custom post each.

Is there any way that I can create a new account, and add author capability to a post which already exists but is not created by them?

Or is there a way I can change the author on an existing post from the admin account to the newly created one?

Answer 1

There's a capability that's named edit_others_posts, that you can assign to users or roles. But there's also an easier way to do this: The (by default) hidden "Author" meta box.

How-to change the author of a post

^{1. Click the "screen options" tab on the upper right of the admin screen. 2. Check the "Author" checkbox}

^{3. Choose the author of the post}