# Wordpress username publishing help
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [September 4, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693 "2023-09-04T10:22:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693/1 "2023-09-04T10:22:55Z")
I thought I had this fixed but did recently change the url on my blog so maybe that caused this
A new blog post
> **[How To Maintain Your Marlin 1895 SBL - Full30 Blog](https://blog.full30.com/how-to-maintain-your-marlin-1895-sbl/)**
>
> Find out how to maintain, clean, and care for your Marlin 1895 SBL. Discover the steps togo through in order to ensure your firearm will last for a long time, without malfunctions and injuries.
Did not publish under the users name on the forum
> **[Sixguns Firearm Fraternity](https://sixguns.com/)**
>
> SIXGUNS is a self-supporting firearms community powering Kilroy, the first member-built 2A Artificial Intelligence assistant.
How do I make sure this is corrected?
Thank you in advance
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693/2 "2023-09-04T11:11:44Z")
Hey @anon48433008,
Posts are published using the user’s Discourse account if their Discourse username is filled in their Wordpress profile.
If you’re using [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) with [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) and have the “Update Userdata” Webhook enabled this will happen automatically.
If a user does not have a Discourse username in their Wordpress profile the “Publishing Username” in the Connection settings will be used, which is what happened with that post you linked (you have `system` as the publishing username).
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693/3 "2023-09-04T13:00:23Z")
Awesome
They did not have their username in their profile, I corrected that and am using the [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true)
I also tried to update the post, no affect, I then chose to link to the existing and again tried to update, no change to published username, will there be a delay or is there another step I need to take to correct this instance?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693/4 "2023-09-04T17:30:20Z")
For posts already published without a username you’ll need to change the author in Discourse using post admin controls.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-username-publishing-help/277693/5 "2023-10-04T17:30:39Z")
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