# "Discourse Username" in WP - what does it do?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-username-in-wp-what-does-it-do/62006>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [02.Май.2017 22:28:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-username-in-wp-what-does-it-do/62006 "2017-05-02T22:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grex315](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grex315/32/115868_2.png) [@Grex315](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grex315)\
**Post date:** [02.Май.2017 22:52:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-username-in-wp-what-does-it-do/62006/2 "2017-05-02T22:52:24Z")

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If you allow users to publish posts from WP into Discourse this will assign the post in Discourse to the user specified in that field. Otherwise it will use the default from the plugin settings. You have to enter this field manually. If you are using sso this should match the wp username.

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