Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products
Easily change WooCommerce product author ownership. Bulk transfer product authors, manage permissions, and display frontend author cards.
4.7
(3 ratings)Will this break my store?
What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products running.
Tested to 7.0.2
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.3 days ago
At least 0.4 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.7.4
Your host must be running at least this version.5.6
1
A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.Maintenance & trust
Scored on how Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products is looked after — not on how many stores run it.
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out of 100Maintenance
35 / 35WordPress compatibility
20 / 20Support responsiveness
Not enough dataMerchant satisfaction
11 / 15Listing transparency
10 / 10Ratings
4.7
3 ratingsBy 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes! The plugin fully declares compatibility with WooCommerce HPOS (custom_order_tables) and runs smoothly on PHP 8.2+ and WordPress 6.7+.
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.
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