diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/GenericFunctions.ts
index e526017b52..a3bd42d74c 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-import { OptionsWithUri } from 'request';
+import {
+	OptionsWithUri,
+} from 'request';
+
 import {
 	IExecuteFunctions,
 	IExecuteSingleFunctions,
 	ILoadOptionsFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
-import { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import {
+	IDataObject,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export async function wordpressApiRequest(this: IExecuteFunctions | IExecuteSingleFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, method: string, resource: string, body: any = {}, qs: IDataObject = {}, uri?: string, option: IDataObject = {}): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
 	const credentials = this.getCredentials('wordpressApi');
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostDescription.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostDescription.ts
index d14f3b3292..9c390591d5 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostDescription.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostDescription.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ export const postFields = [
 			},
 		},
 		options: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Author ID',
+				name: 'authorId',
+				type: 'options',
+				typeOptions: {
+					loadOptionsMethod: 'getAuthors',
+				},
+				default: '',
+				description: 'The ID for the author of the object.',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Content',
 				name: 'content',
@@ -287,6 +297,16 @@ export const postFields = [
 			},
 		},
 		options: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Author ID',
+				name: 'authorId',
+				type: 'options',
+				typeOptions: {
+					loadOptionsMethod: 'getAuthors',
+				},
+				default: '',
+				description: 'The ID for the author of the object.',
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Title',
 				name: 'title',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostInterface.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostInterface.ts
index ad4b378a1d..e810c11cf8 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/PostInterface.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 export interface IPost {
+	author?: number;
 	id?: number;
 	title?: string;
 	content?: string;
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/Wordpress.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/Wordpress.node.ts
index 93d4df9de9..6e8136959e 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/Wordpress.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Wordpress/Wordpress.node.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class Wordpress implements INodeType {
 			{
 				name: 'wordpressApi',
 				required: true,
-			}
+			},
 		],
 		properties: [
 			{
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export class Wordpress implements INodeType {
 			async getAuthors(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
 				const returnData: INodePropertyOptions[] = [];
 				const authors = await wordpressApiRequestAllItems.call(this, 'GET', '/users', {}, { who: 'authors' });
+				console.log(authors);
 				for (const author of authors) {
 					const authorName = author.name;
 					const authorId = author.id;
@@ -147,6 +148,9 @@ export class Wordpress implements INodeType {
 					const body: IPost = {
 						title,
 					};
+					if (additionalFields.authorId) {
+						body.author = additionalFields.authorId as number;
+					}
 					if (additionalFields.content) {
 						body.content = additionalFields.content as string;
 					}
@@ -186,6 +190,9 @@ export class Wordpress implements INodeType {
 					const body: IPost = {
 						id: parseInt(postId, 10),
 					};
+					if (updateFields.authorId) {
+						body.author = updateFields.authorId as number;
+					}
 					if (updateFields.title) {
 						body.title = updateFields.title as string;
 					}