WordPress / API Reference

`wp_set_post_author`

WordPress tool. Change the author of a post

This is a write tool: it sets post author in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Set post author in my WordPress account for [id], [author id].

It takes 2 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	Yes	Id
`author_id`	integer	Yes	Author Id

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected WordPress account. The WordPress connect guide covers how to authorize it and what it unlocks, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

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