Issue: Wrong “Modified by” user is shown

  • Resolved seaware

    (@seaware)


    3 years, 2 months ago

    I found when I modified a page, the plug-in showed someone else’s name as the person who changed the page. Interestingly, the “modified by” person shown by the plug-in is the person listed as the original author.

    For comparison, when I go back to the editor and look at the revision history of that page, the revision history date/time correctly match the plug-in’s date/time. The revision history also shows the correct person who made the change, not the original author shown by the plug-in. It seems the plug-in is picking the person’s name from the wrong source.

    Interestingly, the plug-in does not always get the “modified by” name wrong. I found a page that I changed at midnight and my name was correctly listed by the plug-in, not the author who was a different person.

    It’s hard to notice the issue since the author and the person who later modify a page are often the same person. It’s only when they are different people that the issue appears.

    We are currently using Version 1.3 of the plug-in on WordPress version 5.8. Thanks for the handy plug-in!

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  • Plugin Author apasionados

    (@apasionados)

    Hi @seaware,

    Thanks for letting us know. We will investigate this further as we can’t reproduce the issue.

    Best regards from Spain.

    Plugin Author apasionados

    (@apasionados)

    Hi @seaware,

    One of our developers has been doing tests yesterday during several hours and we can’t reproduce your issue. For us the information is always displayed correctly.

    We get the information with the WordPress core function get_the_modified_author() and display it.

    This function gets the meta_key “_edit_last” from the POSTMETA database table and in the “meta_value” is the ID of the user that did the latest change.

    Please check in your database that this information is correct for the posts where you have issues.

    Best regards from Spain.

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