# Change submitter

**URL:** <https://community.gravityforms.com/t/change-submitter/16914>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** created\_by, wpdatatables\
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/change-submitter/16914 "2024-02-23T09:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Janssen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@Janssen](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/Janssen)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/change-submitter/16914/1 "2024-02-23T09:31:27Z")

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Hi, I use wpdatatables to show entries to the clients.  
But if I add an entry for the customer, it is under my account.  
can I change the submitter afterwards?  
This happens every week or is gravity edit the best route to take?

Greets Jeroen

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**Author:** ![chrishajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/chrishajer/32/88_2.png) [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/change-submitter/16914/2 "2024-02-23T13:35:47Z")

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Have a look at this topic and let us know if it addresses your use case:

> [@Hook to allow me to change the "created\_by" value before entry is saved to database? \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/hook-to-allow-me-to-change-the-created-by-value-before-entry-is-saved-to-database-resolved/2148):
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> I’m using the register user add-on, I’ve got it set up to NOT try to add a user if it already exists, the problem then becomes if the user orders another item but they’re not logged in, the creater of that entry is left blank despite the fact that the user supplied their email address. I do not want to force them to log back in to place an order, I just want to pick up their email address, find the existing user and add the item ordered to the account of that user. I will handle cleanup if th…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gravityforms1/original/2X/f/fef63f0599c45e0218c30d9f5d7ca8bff9b00189.png) [@system](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/change-submitter/16914/3 "2024-03-24T13:36:19Z")

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