We would like the news web part to show Created By instead of Author byline

[ThomasL41]

Hello All

For our customer it's a show stopper that users are able to select other users as authors in news post in the news web part in SharePoint online.

We need to select the actual logged in user or the created by field as author. Does anybody know how we can achieve this? Help is highly appreciated! Thanks!

[#2]

Hello @ThomasL41 

a show stopper? OK...sounds a little bit to dramatically 😕

Per default it's not possible. You can try to change it after save with Flow, or implent an approval for a double-check before you will be publish the news.

Regards, Dave

[#3]

@ThomasL41 You cannot change the default behavior of SharePoint news web part to show Created By user instead of Author byline value.

However, you can set the Author byline field value to any user you want using PnP PowerShell script. Here's a full script: Set Page Author Byline 

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[#4]

Hello @DaveMehr365

I don't think this sounds to dramatically... Anybody can write a post and select the CEO as the author. This is what the customer fears. Which I can understand.

What would your approach be to resolve this "problem"?

Regards,
Thomas

[#5]

Hi @ganeshsanap
Thanks for your input. The Author byline should not be the same user for every post. It should simply be the user, which writes the post. Do you think there's a powershell script to solve/reach this?
Regards, Thomas

[#6]

Hello @ThomasL41 

You can try to change it after save with Flow, or implent an approval flow for a double-check before you will be publish the news.

Best, Dave