[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities

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#16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of
assigned capabilities
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 Reporter:  10sexyapples                  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Role/Capability               |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Gioni):

 Replying to [comment:34 juiceboxint]:
 > Replying to [comment:33 xfechx]:
 > > I am looking to edit the author of the post, but I can't see any
 authors (added via members plugin) in the author dropdown.
 >
 > The solution is to add a custom capability called 'level_1' to your
 custom role. Then users with that role will show up as authors. It won't
 show up in the capability list once it's been added, but it's there behind
 the scenes.

 Thanks. That is not a solution for this bug. This is just a workaround.

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