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Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products

Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products

Açıklama

By default, WooCommerce does not allow store owners to easily change or reassign product author ownership from the admin dashboard or perform bulk author transfers. Change WooCommerce Product Author solves this problem by giving store managers complete control over product authorship, bulk migrations, and author role permissions.

Whether you run a multi-vendor store, manage multiple store managers, or need to reassign products from a departing team member, this plugin makes transferring WooCommerce product ownership effortless.

🌟 Key Features

  • Change WooCommerce Product Author Easily: Reassign product author ownership in Quick Edit, Edit Product, or via the Bulk Transfer tool.
  • Bulk Product Author Transfer: Transfer multiple products from one author to another in seconds with optional category filters.
  • Admin Dashboard & Analytics: Visual charts showing product counts per author, percentage store shares, and author activity metrics.
  • Author Role & Permission Control: Granular matrix control to define who can change product authors, perform bulk migrations, or restrict authors to managing only their own products.
  • WooCommerce List Table Filter & Column: Filter products by author directly in the WooCommerce Products table and see the Author column at a glance.
  • Frontend Product Author Card: Display customizable product author bio boxes and avatars on single product pages (inside tabs or summary).
  • High-Performance & HPOS Ready: Fully compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS), WordPress 6.7+, and PHP 8.2+/8.3+.

🎯 Common Use Cases

  • Reassign products when an author, vendor, or store employee leaves.
  • Transfer bulk products from a temporary admin account to designated store vendors.
  • Restrict vendor/author roles so they can only view and manage their own products in WP Admin.
  • Show author/creator credentials on product pages to build customer trust.

⚖️ Trademarks & Disclaimer

WooCommerce and the WooCommerce logo are registered trademarks owned, developed, and managed by Automattic, Inc. This plugin is an independent extension developed by Fahim Murshid and is not affiliated with, funded, or endorsed by Automattic or WooCommerce.

Ekran Görüntüleri

Yükleme

  1. Upload the plugin directory to /wp-content/plugins/ or install through WordPress plugins screen.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
  3. Access Change Author from the main WordPress admin sidebar (after Products) to open the Dashboard and Settings.

SSS

How do I change a single product’s author?

You can change any product’s author in three places: Quick Edit (under WooCommerce > Products), the Edit Product sidebar metabox, or via Change Author > Bulk Transfer.

How does the Bulk Author Transfer tool work?

Navigate to Change Author > Bulk Transfer, select the Source Author and Destination Author, and optionally filter by Product Category, Brand, Tag, or Product Attribute (pa_*). Click Start Bulk Transfer to instantly migrate all matching products.

Can I restrict authors to only see their own products in WP Admin?

Yes! Navigate to Change Author > Author Permissions and toggle “Restrict to Own Products Only” for Author, Contributor, or custom roles. Users with that role will only see and manage their own products.

How do I customize or hide the frontend Product Author Box?

Go to Change Author > Settings. You can choose the display position (Product Summary, Product Tabs, or Disabled), edit the box title, toggle gravatar avatars, and display author biographical info.

Is this plugin compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)?

Yes! The plugin fully declares compatibility with WooCommerce HPOS (custom_order_tables) and runs smoothly on PHP 8.2+ and WordPress 6.7+.

Can I translate this plugin into another language?

Yes! The plugin includes a complete POT template file at languages/change-woocommerce-product-author.pot. You can easily translate it using Loco Translate or Poedit.

İncelemeler

11 Şubat 2022 2 yanıt
Not 5 stars because took me some time to find out, that only Administrators appear in the drop-down menu of the product-Author. Without this extra information not so easy as the plugin says. Once a new Administrator is used as author of a product, you can change the user to Editor (for security better) and the new user will still appear in the product-Author drop-down list.
29 Nisan 2020 1 yanıt
Bro – thank you so much fahim for making this plugin, it does what it says it’ll do. Great! As a convenience, it would be cool to add the option to change the author in the page itself as opposed to editing in the “quick settings” only, but that’s me being spoiled. I greatly appreciate you creating this plugin!
29 Nisan 2020 1 yanıt
This plugin delivers! I’m expanding my art site to other users and needed a way to give them authorship so the site can show their biographies, but products don’t allow you to assign authorship. Fixed it! Thank you!
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Değişiklik Kaydı

2.0.0

  • Major Release: Introduced modern 2-column Admin Dashboard under Products (“Change Author”).
  • Added Overview tab featuring Published Products, Active Authors, Avg Products/Author metrics, and Product Ownership Distribution table with store share progress bars.
  • Added Bulk Author Transfer tool with primary Reassign Ownership Pair highlight and optional filters (Categories, Brands, Tags, and Product Attributes pa_*).
  • Added Role & Permission Matrix for controlling Dashboard Access, Author Editing, Bulk Transfers, and “Restrict to Own Products Only” query scoping.
  • Added persistent right-side support sidebar (“Need more support!”) linking directly to developer contact.
  • Added About page featuring Fahim Murshid developer profile, photo, and 6 custom engineering service cards.
  • Added Single Product Frontend Author Box with customizable position, title, avatar, and bio display settings.
  • Added full i18n translation support and languages/change-woocommerce-product-author.pot template file.
  • Declared full compatibility with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS).
  • Rebuilt with modern PHP 8.2+/8.5+ OOP architecture and WordPress 6.7+ compatibility.

1.0.7

  • WordPress 5.8 Compatibility

1.0.0

  • Initial release