{"id":1789,"date":"2012-09-19T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T15:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/09\/19\/show-author\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:00:10","slug":"show-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/show-author\/","title":{"rendered":"How to hide the Article Author in Joomla 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the author of an article will be shown on the page in Joomla 3.0. You can disable this feature in Joomla 3.0 by toggling the <strong>Show Author<\/strong> setting. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for this setting:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Author<\/strong><br><em>If set to Show, the Name of the article\u2019s Author will be displayed.\u00a0 This is a global setting but can be changed at the Category, Menu and Article levels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\"><strong>Please note!<\/strong><br>This setting does not affect articles when they\u2019re viewed individually. Instead, the change only affects category pages that show collections of articles that belong to the category.<\/p>\n<p>You can see in the screenshots below how the <em>Show Author<\/em> setting actually affects a page:<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Show Author: Hide<\/th>\n<th>Show Author: Show<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_show-author-hide.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_show-author-hide.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"show-author-hide\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_show-author-show.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"show-author-show\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_show-author-show.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"729\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>To toggle the Show Author setting in Joomla 3.0<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 Administrative Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, click <strong>Content<\/strong> and then click <strong>Article Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the list of articles on the page, click the title of the article that you would like to adjust the <em>Show Author<\/em> setting for<\/li>\n<li>In the tabs above the article, click the <strong>Article Options<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Find the setting labeled <em>Show Author<\/em>. Next to it, choose either <em>Use Global<\/em>, <em>Hide<\/em>, or <em>Show<\/em>. Then, click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button in the top left of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the author of an article will be shown on the page in Joomla 3.0. You can disable this feature in Joomla 3.0 by toggling the Show Author setting. 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