How to Filter Blog Posts by Author in WordPress Admin panel

In this post I will share step by step instruction on how you can easily filter blog posts by authors in WordPress Post Panel.

The default list panel lets you filter posts by

• Month
• Category
• Post Status

The Author filter is not included by default.

So to add the author filter, we will make use of a plugin Author Filters.

As the name suggests, this plugin lets you filter the blog posts by author.

Lets see how it works.

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Install and activate the plugin

Install and activate the Author Filters Plugin and go to All Posts in your WordPress Panel.

A new Filter will appear which will let you filter posts by authors.

Refer to the screenshot

Now you can simply filter the posts by author.

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Using a Code Snippet

You can achieve the same result with a code snippet also.

Simply utilize the below snippet and add to your website using a code snippet plugin.

If you dont know how to add code snippet, checkout our Beginners Guide to Adding Code Snippets in WordPress.

 /**
* This section makes posts in the admin filterable by the author.
*/
add_action('restrict_manage_posts', 'ditt_filter_by_author');
function ditt_filter_by_author() {
        $params = array(
            'name' => 'author',
            'role__in' => array('author','editor','administrator')
        );
        if ( isset($_GET['user']) ) {
            $params['selected'] = $_GET['user'];
    }
    wp_dropdown_users( $params );
}

The above snippet will add a dropdown of all the users in the post list screen.

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Conclusion

Adding an Author filter in wordpress is quite easy.

If you have any questions then feel free to ask in comments.