<p>As far as I know there can only be one author. You would have to create a <code>user group</code>, assign the editors/users to the group and then in the group settings, 'authorize users to edit entries in that section', and 'allow users to edit entries by other authors'.</p>

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Douglas McDonald
<p>No, there can only be one author. But what you can do is to add one or more custom <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/users-fields" rel="nofollow noreferrer">user fields</a> to your entry type and use these to assign different type of users to your entry (all contributing authors, photographers, etc.).</p>

<p>Set user privileges like Douglas describes in <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/4658/125">his answer</a>, to allow multiple authors to edit entries in your section.</p>

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I have also used the approach which CarlCS illustrates here - works very well!
Matt P
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Thanks Douglas and carlcs for your answers and nicael for editing the initial question. I think a native solution for multiple authors would make a good feature request for Craft CMS.
Jay Berg
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2014-11-10T17:54:41.520Z
Hmm.. I think it's rather unusual for Craft entries / elements to have multiple authors. But yeah if there's multiple people involved it's actually not so nice to have the default field visible after adding custom "replacement fields". I have a similar problem with dates, where I added multiple custom date fields to entries and the publish / expire dates are rather confusing to the client.
carlcs
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What you could do is to use Lindsey's [Control Panel CSS plugin](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpcss) to hide the default author field in the CP, @JayBerg. You could then add a new tab for meta data (authors, categories, etc.) to separate it from the content.
carlcs
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carlcs
<p>I'm trying to create a multi user blog, where multiple authors can edit the same entry. Is this possible with Craft CMS? Is there a way to assign multiple authors to an entry? I only managed to assign one user as an author.</p>

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I second this, multiple authors for one entry would be a very useful addition.
tom
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Can an entry have multiple authors?
# Can an entry have multiple authors?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-10)

I'm trying to create a multi user blog, where multiple authors can edit the same entry. Is this possible with Craft CMS? Is there a way to assign multiple authors to an entry? I only managed to assign one user as an author.

**Tags:** entry, author
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I second this, multiple authors for one entry would be a very useful addition.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-11-10. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

No, there can only be one author. But what you can do is to add one or more custom [user fields](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/users-fields) to your entry type and use these to assign different type of users to your entry (all contributing authors, photographers, etc.).

Set user privileges like Douglas describes in [his answer](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/4658/125), to allow multiple authors to edit entries in your section.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks Douglas and carlcs for your answers and nicael for editing the initial question. I think a native solution for multiple authors would make a good feature request for Craft CMS.  
> **username_3**: Hmm.. I think it's rather unusual for Craft entries / elements to have multiple authors. But yeah if there's multiple people involved it's actually not so nice to have the default field visible after adding custom "replacement fields". I have a similar problem with dates, where I added multiple custom date fields to entries and the publish / expire dates are rather confusing to the client.  
> **username_3**: What you could do is to use Lindsey's [Control Panel CSS plugin](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpcss) to hide the default author field in the CP, @JayBerg. You could then add a new tab for meta data (authors, categories, etc.) to separate it from the content.  
> **username_4**: I have also used the approach which CarlCS illustrates here - works very well!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-11-10. Score: 1

As far as I know there can only be one author. You would have to create a `user group`, assign the editors/users to the group and then in the group settings, 'authorize users to edit entries in that section', and 'allow users to edit entries by other authors'.


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