1276478 - Remove <dc:creator> from Mitchell's blog feed

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

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Description

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

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Mitchell's blog feed https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/feed/ contains the name of the actual poster (or perhaps ghost writer) for each post:

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Baker]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Finette]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rowena Hoffer]]></dc:creator>

I'm using feedly and those names are displayed (see the attached screenshot). Other feed readers may also show them.

Hard-code Mitchell's name in the <dc:creator> element or remove the tag itself.

Comment 1

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

The RSS feed is automatically generated by WordPress with default fields. Although we could certainly customize the feed with a bit of code in the theme, a simpler and more permanent solution is to just set Mitchell as the author in WordPress. Most past posts are already attributed to Mitchell; there were only three recent ones that weren't, and I've just updated them.

Even though the current blog theme doesn't show author names, an author is still associated with each post in the back-end and that name can be exposed in other ways, as it was here in the RSS feed, or if we were to switch to a different theme that does show bylines. So when publishing on Mitchell's behalf in the future, just remember to set her as the author of the post (looping in Rowe as well).

Comment 2

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

The latest post about UNHLP again attributes to Rowena.

Comment 3

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

I've updated the post and I can work on customizing the feed, though I still prefer to ensure correct attribution within the blog itself. All those attributions would still be stored and could be exposed again if the theme changes. Customizing the feed is just a work-around, not a fix.