# 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")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@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")

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Hey @anon48433008,

Posts are published using the user’s Discourse account if their Discourse username is filled in their Wordpress profile.

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-04 at 13.10.32](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/9/c/19cebae198b038d0cea2a3c1cd0f599f8d811feb.png)

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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